We might be saying the same thing, but I'm not sure. on mouseUp get the short date convert it to seconds put it & tab & it/3600 mod 24 end mouseUp
gives me this: 1374127200 6 I'm in MDT (Rocky Mountains), somebody in California might take those same seconds and convert to a short date and get something other than today, the 18th. Or is it Florida? Dar On Jul 18, 2013, at 12:01 PM, Andrew Kluthe wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
