Yeah left that out Epoch time = "Unix time"... but epoch is the more correct name.
WG > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Weeg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 17 January 2003 18:16 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Obscure Dateformat Question > > > no its actually called epoch time. > > its simply seconds since jan 1 1970 @ midnight. > > very nice to use, fits as a long int (until 2029 I think) > and is good to index as a timeId for our app :) > > ...tony > > Tony Weeg > Senior Web Developer > UnCertified Advanced ColdFusion Developer > Information System Design > Navtrak, Inc. > Mobile workforce monitoring, mapping & reporting > www.navtrak.net > 410.548.2337 > > -----Original Message----- > From: webguy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 1:10 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Obscure Dateformat Question > > > Is that unix time ? > > 1092117600 = second since midnight 1/1/1970 UTC (GMT). > > WG > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Willy Ray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 17 January 2003 18:00 > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Obscure Dateformat Question > > > > > > Ok, This is true: dateformat("1092117600") = 04-Jun-16 > > > > What I need to do is take 04-Jun-16 and turn it into 1092117600. I > can > > go one direction, but I'm not sure how to go back... Some special mask > > for Dateformat that I don't know, or what? If I could get the > > algorythm, I'd make a UDF for it... > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Willy > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- > > Willy Ray > > Web Applications Developer > > Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer > > Westminster College > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
