Re: Anomaly automatically generating my local time zone, when I reply to AOL user's messages
Fri, 9 Jan 2004 15:11:42 -0800 (6:11 PM EST here) Januk Aggarwal wrote: On Friday, January 9, 2004 at 12:49 GMT -0600, dancing erupted as Terry L Fritts tapped: involve a short plugin macro that just reads returns the info from the Windows registry (it must be there somewhere). I haven't yet attempted to learn how to make plugins, so that's why I sent Dan here. can be obtained from registry - see: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation Dan, you can use the MyMacros plugin, http://en.barin.com.ua/soft/mymacros/. Specifically, the %RegRead macro would seem to be your best bet. You can get the ActiveTimeBias registry entry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation\ActiveTimeBias That should give you the offset in minutes. From there, you can use a simple %IF statement to convert it into either the standard time or daylight time acronym. It'll be much easier than the complicated mess of templates we had before. Thanks Terry and Januk for starting me thinking again. The downloaded MyMacros plugin's %RegRead did make the whole local time zone thing MUCH more straightforward. Then I started thinking about the AOL anomaly. I decided that the AOL anomaly really was the Dan Grunberg anomaly. I changed my system of templates, eliminating the GMT that used to appear in: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 15:11:42 GMT -0800 (6:11 PM EST here) Januk wrote: Now what appears is: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 15:11:42 -0800 (6:11 PM EST here) Januk wrote: Now, when I answer an AOL originated message, what appears is: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 07:48:30 EST (7:48 AM EST here) AOLuser wrote: Using: The Bat! v2.02.3 CE Windows 2000 v5.0 - Build 2195 - Service Pack 4 -- Daniel A. Grunberg Kensington, Maryland, USA homepage: www.nyx.net/~dgrunber/ http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Anomaly automatically generating my local time zone, when I reply to AOL user's messages
Hello Dan, On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 09:31:30 -0400 (03.09.2003 18:31 my local time) you wrote about Anomaly automatically generating my local time zone, when I reply to AOL user's messages at least in part: DG Does anyone have any ideas about how to fix the AOL anomaly? Well, only idea Before working with sender tomezone directly (as subpatt), you have test TZ string or non-numeric character in second position and if it's AOL, using additional qt convert it to RFC TZ My tzname QT for converting numerical TZ to names You have use correct names and revert columns in data-engine -8-- from WinClipboard %SetPattRegexp=\%QINCLUDE=#tz#\s*-\s*(.*?)\n%RegexpMatch= -1200 - A-12 -1100 - A-11 -1000 - A-10 -0900 - A-9 -0800 - A-8 -0700 - A-7 -0600 - A-6 -0500 - A-5 -0400 - A-4 -0300 - A-3 -0200 - A-2 -0100 - A-1 - - GMT +0100 - A1 +0200 - A2 +0300 - A3 +0400 - A4 +0500 - A5 +0600 - A6 +0700 - A7 +0800 - A8 +0900 - A9 +1000 - A10 +1100 - A11 +1200 - A12 %- -8 -- Best regards, Alexander Leschinsky - MOTD: The human race is faced with a cruel choice: work or daytime television. Unknown http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Anomaly automatically generating my local time zone, when I reply to AOL user's messages
Hello Dan, An archeological dig discovered that on Wednesday, September 3, 2003 at 09:31 GMT -0400, Dan Grunberg [DG] chiseled the following: DG Many months ago ago, Januk Aggarwal wrote this system of six DG templates, that generates the time and time-zone tag shown on the DG first line of my replies. The system of templates automatically DG corrects the time zone for Standard (S) or Daylight (D) time. Just to remind everyone, the purpose is to determine Dan's current timezone daylight savings setting automatically. Now that TB has plugin macros, an alternate, and probably much easier solution could involve a short plugin macro that just reads returns the info from the Windows registry (it must be there somewhere). I haven't yet attempted to learn how to make plugins, so that's why I sent Dan here. -- Thanks for writing, Januk Aggarwal http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Anomaly automatically generating my local time zone, when I reply to AOL user's messages
On Friday, January 9, 2004, at 21:37:54 [UTC+0500] (Friday, January 9, 2004 17:37 my local time) Alexander Leschinsky wrote: My tzname QT for converting numerical TZ to names You have use correct names and revert columns in data-engine snip - - GMT GMT time scale is invalid since many years. Despite of correct name is UTC (Universal Time Scale), many of computer scientists write GMT abbreviation that is wrong. -- Best regards, Zygmunt Wereszczynski (Using The Bat! v2.03 Beta/28 on Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 4) http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Anomaly automatically generating my local time zone, when I reply to AOL user's messages
Om 19:29 op vrijdag 9 januari 2004, Zygmunt Wereszczynski: GMT time scale is invalid since many years. Despite of correct name is UTC (Universal Time Scale), many of computer scientists write GMT abbreviation that is wrong. GMT is a perfectly valid name for a timezone, its just synonym for UTC. http://www.apparent-wind.com/gmt-explained.html http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/UT.html Mrten. -- When in doubt, tell the truth. http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Anomaly automatically generating my local time zone, when I reply to AOL user's messages
Hello Terry, On Friday, January 9, 2004 at 12:49 GMT -0600, dancing erupted as Terry L Fritts tapped: involve a short plugin macro that just reads returns the info from the Windows registry (it must be there somewhere). I haven't yet attempted to learn how to make plugins, so that's why I sent Dan here. can be obtained from registry - see: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation Perfect, thanks. Dan, you can use the MyMacros plugin, http://en.barin.com.ua/soft/mymacros/. Specifically, the %RegRead macro would seem to be your best bet. You can get the ActiveTimeBias registry entry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation\ActiveTimeBias That should give you the offset in minutes. From there, you can use a simple %IF statement to convert it into either the standard time or daylight time acronym. It'll be much easier than the complicated mess of templates we had before. -- Thanks for writing, Januk Aggarwal http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Anomaly automatically generating my local time zone, when I reply to AOL user's messages
Hello Dan, Wednesday, September 3, 2003, 2:31:30 PM, you wrote: DG The system of templates automatically DG corrects the time zone for Standard (S) or Daylight (D) time. I'm afraid I cannot help you. Do these templates affect your computer's date too? ,--/ message created on: \ | woensdag 3 september 2003, 14:31:30 (Wed, 3 Sep 2003 09:31:30 -0400) `-8--- -- Best Wishes, Mark using The Bat! 2.03 Beta/28 http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
