the internet date will most likely work too so go that way I think! On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 3:02 PM, John Dixon <dixo...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> > the internet date might be what you are looking for > > > > > > Trying to work with seconds to avoid format issues with dates in > different countries I keep running into this issue, and im probably just > missing something very obvious! > > > > Using the following simple code today (the 22nd April).. > > > > put the date into tDate > > convert tDate to seconds > > put tDate > > > > Returns 1335049200 > > > > Id expect to get a result of 22nd April, but instead Ive fed that in to > a few online UNIX time converters and they all return Sat, 21 Apr 2012 > 23:00:00 GMT which is an hour into the previous day. > > > > Im assuming its something to do with GMT / daylight savings time, but > is there a reliable way to get and use the seconds. Id like to ensure the > values stored are correct. > > > > Andy > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
