Hi Keith I just tried the following
on mouseup convert the seconds to dateitems put it end mouseup The result is 2021,5,11,7,52,5,3 So that is correct. Where is the value in your tCreateDate variable from. Maybe there was a miscalculation there. Martin > On May 11, 2021, at 6:44 AM, Keith Clarke via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Hi folks, > What am I doing wrong with convert tCreateDate from seconds to dateItems… > > I’m pulling the long files of files I created yesterday on a Mac and > attempting to convert the creation date. > > Whatever date type I choose, LiveCode reckons yesterday was in the year 2040. > Did I oversleep? > Thanks > Keith > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode