Hi Peter, Yes, seconds converted from UTC is the only reliable timestamp. I asked about time zone settings in local machines for display purposes. We may have a timestamp that is absolutely correct but if that is to be displayed for the user in a LiveCard app on their local machine, say as a confirmation or receipt, it will not display the correct time unless the user’s time zone is set correctly.
Gregory On Fri, Aug 19, 2011, at 12:53 PM, use-livecode-requ...@lists.runrev.com wrote: > AFAIK, It doesn't matter. You can just fetch the universal (GMT) time and > convert it to seconds. This will be independent of the time zone the user > sets. If someone in Australia submits data one second after someone in New > York, the timestamp will be 1313704257 in the first case and 1313704258 in > the second case. Ignore the time zone altogether. (Someone correct me if I'm > wrong, but I just tested this, changing my time zone in my system settings in > between trials, and indeed, the two results were within 30 seconds.) > > -- Peter _______________________________________________ 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
