I sent an SMS with validityperiod set to 1 minute and I see the following in
the log:

DEBUG: validity_period: "0907080957180000+"

How 1 minute got converted into this? What if KanelServer date/time is not
up-to-date?

Cheers

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Latitude Berlin <latitude...@googlemail.com
> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am using SMPP with Kannel to send out SMS messages and I specify validity
> period in minutes.
>
> My question: how kannel handles the validity period. What if KanelServer
> date/time is not up-to-date.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> 2009/6/26 Nikos Balkanas <nbalka...@gmail.com>
>
>  Hi,
>>
>> Actually, it depends. It is minutes for SMPP. For GSM modems it is more
>> complex:
>>
>>
>> Encoded as per the GSM 03.40 standard, section 9.2.3.12:
>>
>>    - validity <= 143              (validity + 1)*5 min
>>    - 143 < validity <=167     (validity – 143)/2 + 12 hrs
>>    - 167 < validity <= 196    (validity – 166) days
>>    - 196 < validity                 (validity – 192) weeks
>>
>> Default is 167 (24 hrs).
>>
>> BR,
>> Nikos
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>  *From:* Elton Hoxha <elt...@gmail.com>
>> *To:* Latitude Berlin <latitude...@googlemail.com>
>> *Cc:* users <users@kannel.org>
>> *Sent:* Friday, June 26, 2009 11:10 AM
>> *Subject:* Re: validity period of sms messages
>>
>> In minutes
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Latitude Berlin 
>> <latitude.de@<latitude...@googlemail.com>
>> googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Valitidy period of SMS message in the HTTP send request (...&validity=)
>>> should be specified as milli sec or sec?
>>>
>>> For example:
>>> For validity period of 10 minutes, I will try ...&validity=10*60*1000
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>
>>
>

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