Yikes. I sent off something before seeing this. Well, maybe it is helpful.
And it was scathing! Well, not really. I don't know how to do scathing and have no inclination, anyway. Dar On Jul 18, 2013, at 12:02 PM, Andrew Kluthe wrote: > disregard, after looking more closely at his email dar is correct > completely. > > > On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Andrew Kluthe <and...@ctech.me> 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 >> > > > > -- > 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
