I was thinking of : http://www.dyalog.com/50-years-of-apl.htm
but that is 1966-11-27 15.53.59 (GMT-7) which is a couple years off target : https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/from-the-archive-blog/2011/jun/01/newspapers-national-newspapers On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 9:16 AM, Roger Hui <[email protected]> wrote: > Recognize the timestamp? :-) Google is fantastic -- it found the answer as > the top hit. > > > On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 6:06 AM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > '// :::' is more compact than (2 1 3#'/ :'). > > > > Thanks, > > > > -- > > Raul > > > > On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 8:35 AM, Roger Hui <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > t=: 1969 7 21 2 56 0 > > > > > > }: ; (2 1 3#'/ :') (,~,)&.> ('r<0>4.0';5$<'r<0>2.0') 8!:1 ,: t > > > 1969/07/21 02:56:00 > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 7:02 PM, Ian Clark <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > >> (6!:0 NIL) returns the current date/time as an integer 6-list > timestamp. > > >> > > >> (6!:0 'hh:mm:ss MM/DD/YY') ditto, but in the specified format (y). > > >> > > >> How can I use the *selfsame* algorithm to format any (valid) > timestamp? > > >> > > >> If the answer is "only by writing my own formatting verb, or by > setting > > the > > >> system clock", might there be a case for extending (6!:0) to take an > > >> optional (x)? Not just an integer 6-list timestamp as described, but a > > few > > >> other forms, like (_1) meaning yesterday. > > >> ------------------------------------------------------------ > ---------- > > >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/ > forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
