Thank you for your quick response. And this is where my lack of experience with working with lc-scripts and servers shines through. Although I have an account with LiveCode, I do not know how to access lc-server via this account. When I try this I only get the command in return, not the date.
Regards Tore > 29. nov. 2016 kl. 16.04 skrev Matthias Rebbe > <matthias_livecode_150...@m-r-d.de>: > > Hi tore, > > i am using Livecode Server for such tasks. > > To get the correct date in an LC app i use > > put URL “http://yourserver.com/whatsthetime.lc” into tCurrentDate > > where yourserver.com is of course my server and whatsthetime.lc contains the > following > > put the short system time > or > put the system date > > Before LC server i used a php script to get the current date in my Flash > Advent calendar. > > Regards, > > Matthias > > > > Matthias Rebbe > Bramkampsieke 13 > 32312 Lübbecke > Tel +49 5741 310000 > +49 160 5504462 > Fax: +49 5741 310002 > eMail: matth...@m-r-d.de <mailto:matth...@m-r-d.de> > > BR5 Konverter - BR5 -> MP3 <http://matthiasrebbe.eu/portfolio/produkte/brx/> >> Am 12.01.2017 um 15:58 schrieb Tore Nilsen <tore.nil...@me.com>: >> >> I need to retrieve the date from an external source, in order to bypass any >> changes to the date settings on the users computer. This is to ensure that a >> user cannot start an event until the proper date. (A digital advent >> calendar) I was foolishly thinking that the internet date was what I was >> looking for, but it is just another way to format the internal date as set >> by the user. Therefore, getting the internet date does not bypass any >> changes to the machines local settings. >> >> Information about the proper date for each event is stored as a custom >> property of different images in the application. This property is in the >> form of localized date, and is converted to seconds for comparison with the >> actually date, which of course is also converted to seconds. Everything here >> works as expected, but changing the computers date settings will allow the >> user to override the restraints in the script. I therefore need to get the >> date from a source outside the control of the user. (The application is a >> desktop standalone.) >> >> I am in a bit of a hurry (deadline on Thursday this week) and I can not seem >> to find any solutions searching for it in the usual places. I am unfamiliar >> with retrieving data from servers and services, so I am unfortunately stuck >> at the moment. Any help will much appreciated. >> >> Regards >> Tore Nilsen >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
