disregard, after looking more closely at his email dar is correct completely.
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Andrew Kluthe <and...@ctech.me> wrote: > it gets midnight UTC, livecode changing the date FROM the time zone > independent seconds gives you time zone differences. > > > On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 12:48 PM, Dar Scott <d...@swcp.com> wrote: > >> I think it is the UTC seconds thing. I think that changing a date to >> seconds will get midnight of the day for the current time zone. Somebody >> in an more westerly timezone might see those seconds and the date will be >> earlier. >> >> If it is on only one computer and the timezone will not change, then you >> might be OK. >> >> The dateItems format for convert might be handy for coming up with a file >> name format. >> >> Dar >> >> On Jul 18, 2013, at 9:56 AM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: >> >> > That's weird. I still get the 16th. Can anyone else confirm the 15th? >> (not doubting you Dar) >> > >> > I might have to change this then… >> > >> > Tom >> > >> > -- Tom McGrath III >> > http://lazyriver.on-rev.com >> > mcgra...@mac.com >> > >> > On Jul 18, 2013, at 12:39 AM, Dar Scott <d...@swcp.com> wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> On Jul 17, 2013, at 7:03 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: >> >> >> >>> I am converting the short date (08/16/13) to seconds and I get >> 1376625600 >> >> >> >> When I converted it back earlier today, I got the 15th. I guess there >> is a problem related to timezones or something. >> >> >> >> Consider NAMEyyyymmdd. It is easy to parse. It lists in order. It >> is somewhat readable. It is two characters shorter. >> >> >> >> Dar >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> use-livecode mailing list >> >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > use-livecode mailing list >> > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > > > > -- > Regards, > > Andrew Kluthe > and...@ctech.me > -- Regards, Andrew Kluthe and...@ctech.me _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
