At 07:53 PM 1/12/2014, TOM HART wrote:

The reason only one of my programs was affected is because I had followed
your idea of implementing the setting in my startup file, but (my bad) put
time format in HH:MM:SS instead of HH:MM AP. But I am curious why a
datetime stamp does not recognize HH:MM:SS only HH:MM ap

Tom,

It all depends on the TIME FORMAT and TIME SEQUENCE, two different settings.

Technically, the SEQUENCE is important for INPUT/Data Entry, and the FORMAT
for display format.

For complete details, type HELP TIME at the R> prompt to actually understand
the importance of FORMAT and SEQUENCE.

Very Best R:egards,

Razzak.



From: A. Razzak Memon <[email protected]>
To: RBASE-L Mailing List <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2014 6:28 PM
Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Datetime issue

At 06:41 PM 1/11/2014, Tom Hart wrote:

> That is what I did different, I copied from your earlier post but
> somehow the set time format was HH:MM:SS, I have that resolved now.

Tom,

I am glad to hear that.


> Why does that affect the datetime stamp?

For your education ...

Every UNLOAD routine (except AS ASCII), always carries the native
settings as follows:

CHARACTER Settings
  BLANK
  DELIMIT
  LINEEND
  SEMI
  QUOTES
  PLUS
  SINGLE
  MANY
  IDQUOTES
CURRENCY Settings
  SYMBOL
  PREF and SUFF
  Subunit Digits
  FORMAT
Operating Conditions
  CASE
  AUTOSKIP
  REVERSE
  BELL
  TOLERANCE
  ZERO
Special Character
  NULL
DATE Settings
  YEAR
  CENTURY
  SEQUENCE
TIME Settings
  SEQUENCE

These settings are enforced to assure the successful LOAD of the
unloaded file.

So, when you are loading and implementing someone else's form,
external form, label, report, or table/view structure, after a
successful load, it is your responsibility to verify and reset
your database settings, if necessary. Thus, the need to enforce
all default settings in your startup application file, as
suggested in my earlier reply.

Very Best R:egards,

Razzak.

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