Hello,
Here's a copy of the routine from the Carbon Declare Library(http://
jjlange.spymac.com/other1.html) that returns the number of seconds
you need to add:
Function GetGMTOffset() As Integer
// Code created by Mike Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
// Added 12/30/2001 by Kevin Ballard
// 68k Compatible
#if TargetCarbon then
Declare Sub ReadLocation lib "CarbonLib" (location As ptr)
#else
Declare Sub ReadLocation lib "InterfaceLib" (location As ptr)
Inline68k("205F203C000C00E4A051")
#endif
Dim temp As MemoryBlock
Dim gmtOffset As Integer
temp = NewMemoryBlock(12)
ReadLocation temp
gmtOffset = temp.short(9) * 256 + temp.byte(11)
If (gmtOffset < 0) Then
gmtOffset = ceil(gmtOffset / 3600) * 100 + ((gmtOffset \ 60)
Mod 60)
Else
gmtOffset = floor(gmtOffset / 3600) * 100 + ((gmtOffset \ 60)
Mod 60)
End
Return gmtOffset
End Function
and an equivalent call for Windows from one of my old projects. Looks
like I didn't bother to check if the GMT offset was less than zero:
#if targetWin32 then
Declare Function GetTimeZoneInformation Lib
"kernel32.dll" (TimeZoneInfo
as Ptr) as integer
timeZoneInfo = newMemoryBlock(172)
tResult = GetTimeZoneInformation(timeZoneInfo)
offset = -timeZoneInfo.long(0)\60
return format(Offset * 100, "+0000")
#endif
Thanks,
Navdeep Bains
Bains Software
On Dec 5, 2006, at 10:33 PM, Jeff Ayling wrote:
On 06/12/2006, at 4:47 PM, Peter Bozek wrote:
On 12/6/06, Jeff Ayling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi All,
I am parsing the date_modified field in the iTunes xml file which
looks like this:
<key>Date Modified</key><date>2006-12-06T02:53:17Z</date>
Can anyone help to explain this format? At 2pm I made a change to
this track in iTunes which then created a new xml file with the date
above which is almost an hour out.
Does anyone know why the iTunes Date_modified field in the xml file
does not show the actual Date Modified? Or is it using a specific
Time Zone setting perhaps?
That Z at the end means that it is time in GMT (Zulu) time zone. Your
time offset is +11, and if you add 11 hours you get 2 pm (note that
the time in the key is 2:53 AM.)
--
Hey, thanks Tom and Peter.
I am in Sydney Australia:
Standard time zone: UTC/GMT +10 hours
Daylight saving time: +1 hour
Current time zone offset: UTC/GMT +11 hours
Time zone abbreviation: EST - Eastern Summer(Daylight) Time
So yes we get +11 hours.
Now I'll need a way to convert these 2006-12-06T02:53:17Z Time
formats to the current time for the user on Mac/Win in different
parts of the world. Is there a standard way RB users have done this
in the past? I guess it means knowing the users time zone - a call
to the system to get this info perhaps?
Cheers
Jeff
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