it gets midnight UTC, livecode changing the date FROM the time zone independent seconds gives you time zone differences.
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 12:48 PM, Dar Scott <d...@swcp.com> wrote: > I think it is the UTC seconds thing. I think that changing a date to > seconds will get midnight of the day for the current time zone. Somebody > in an more westerly timezone might see those seconds and the date will be > earlier. > > If it is on only one computer and the timezone will not change, then you > might be OK. > > The dateItems format for convert might be handy for coming up with a file > name format. > > Dar > > On Jul 18, 2013, at 9:56 AM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: > > > That's weird. I still get the 16th. Can anyone else confirm the 15th? > (not doubting you Dar) > > > > I might have to change this then… > > > > Tom > > > > -- Tom McGrath III > > http://lazyriver.on-rev.com > > mcgra...@mac.com > > > > On Jul 18, 2013, at 12:39 AM, Dar Scott <d...@swcp.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> On Jul 17, 2013, at 7:03 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: > >> > >>> I am converting the short date (08/16/13) to seconds and I get > 1376625600 > >> > >> When I converted it back earlier today, I got the 15th. I guess there > is a problem related to timezones or something. > >> > >> Consider NAMEyyyymmdd. It is easy to parse. It lists in order. It is > somewhat readable. It is two characters shorter. > >> > >> Dar > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > -- Regards, Andrew Kluthe and...@ctech.me _______________________________________________ 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
