Thanks! You math to do the offset is much simpler.

On 7/29/2024 6:34 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
Meh never mind overthinking it. Both ways work.

Bob S


On Jul 29, 2024, at 3:30 PM, Bob Sneidar <bobsnei...@iotecdigital.com> wrote:

Actually it’s possible in some whacko time zones to get a rounding error by 
dividing first so:

…
put (tOffset *60 *60) /100 into tOffset
…

Bob S


On Jul 29, 2024, at 3:14 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode 
<use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:

Simpler than that:

on mouseUp
  put "Mon, 29 Jul 2024 15:49:52 -0400" into tDateTime
  put word -1 of tDateTime into tOffset
  -- delete last word of tDateTime
  convert tDateTime to seconds
  put (tOffset / 100) *60 *60 into tOffset
  add tOffset to tDateTime
  convert tDateTime to  long date and  long time
  put tDateTime
end mouseUp

Bob S


On Jul 29, 2024, at 3:02 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode 
<use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:

dateItems does not contain the timezone offset, so you would need to get the 
timezone offset from the internet date (the only format I can find that has it) 
and the break the offset into minutes and hours and perform the math.

I haven't tested this code (yet), but I think the seconds is the way to go.

function refiXMLTimestamp
-- Need to return the timestamp (current time) in UTC format, or 
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ where Z is zulu or GMT
local tTimestamp
get the internet date -- Mon, 29 Jul 2024 16:49:52 -0400
-- the day of the week followed by a comma, all other item delimited by a space
-- the day of the month
-- the three-letter abbreviation for the month name
-- the four-digit year
-- the time in 24-hour format, including seconds, delimited by colons
-- the four-digit time zone relative to UTC (Greenwich) time
set the itemDel to space
put last item of it into tZoneOffset -- +/-hhmm
set the itemDel to comma
convert it to seconds
-- the year
-- the month number
-- the day of the month
-- the hour in 24-hour time
-- the minute
-- the second
-- the numeric day of the week where Sunday is day 1, Monday is day 2, and so 
forth
put    char -1 to -2 of tZoneOffset into tMinOffset
delete char -1 to -2 of tZoneOffset
put ((tZoneOffset*3600)+(tMinOffset*60)) into tSecOffset
-- adjust time to zulu/gmt
add tSecOffset to it
convert it to dateItems
-- Now convert to YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ where Z is zulu of GMT/UTC
put format("%4u",item 1 of it) &"-"& format("%2u",item 2 of it) &"-"& 
format("%2u",item 3 of it)           into tTimestamp -- the date in new format
put "T"& format(%2u",item 4 of it) &":"& format("%2u",item 5 of it) &":"& format("%2u",item 6 
of it) &"Z" after tTimestamp -- the time in new format
return tTimestamp
end refiXMLTimestamp

On 7/29/2024 5:37 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
Convert it to dateitems, then back again.

Bob S


On Jul 29, 2024, at 2:09 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode 
<use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:

Follow up question/request:

put the internet date into tTimestamp -- stores something like Mon, 29 Jul 2024 
16:49:52 -0400, where the -0400 is the time zone offset

Anyone have some already written code to convert this to a time in GMT (i.e 
where the time zone offset is +0000, i.e. Mon, 29 Jul 2024 20:49:52 +0000)?

It is adding the offset to the hours and minutes, but you have to handle carry 
over, potentially adding or subtracting a day.

If the best approach converting to seconds and the doing the math and 
converting back? (I think this is the answer)



_______________________________________________
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

_______________________________________________
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
_______________________________________________
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

Reply via email to