Yes, each user's machine's "Internet Date" format will have been set by the user, which could easily be to another month or year (for cheating time-out based demos. or the clock battery was not replaced) .Why not always refer to UTC time for all entries? This is the true "Internet Time" source.
Getting time from local user's machines (even yours) is always going to be chancy. The UTC time, along with the URL I showed you, is the most accurate timebase available on the net. And the most mission-critical. Another thing to consider is what gets placed in the data if the timestamp isn't available? At least you know that an organization with a mission to deliver a 'can't fail' time source to the world is behind it. If the timestamps' arrival time is important then time should be referenced from a single source. Arrival time arbitration is possible. Finally, getting deeper into file sharing on machines through ftp or otherwise could be wrought with security issues. UDP is safe, clean, too cheap to meter. The only thing the user has to do is to enable PORT 13 on his/her router. Chances are that they have already done this if they are an online gamer. On 18 August 2011 13:03, Gregory Lypny <gregory.ly...@videotron.ca> wrote: > Hello again everyone, > > Okay, please don’t hate me. I'm still trying to nail down a reasonably > accurate system-independent date and time stamp to use in my student client > app that will submit and retrieve data from my Mac. I will post a modest > enhancement to Stephan Barncard’s excellent returnNISTime function shortly. > > My question is, How does LiveCode know the local computer’s time zone when > we ask for the date in the Internet Date format? My guess is that the > computer’s owner has to have set it. And if the person is on the move, it > may be incorrect even if it was set at their primary location. Yes? > > Gregory > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Stephen Barncard San Francisco Ca. USA more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar> _______________________________________________ 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
