On Friday, April 12, 2002, at 06:11 , Rob Cozens wrote:
>> But what happens when you try to manipulate your negative time? >> >> If I "get -86400" and then "convert it to dateItems" I get "Invalid >> Date." > > David, et al, > > My apologies on this one. Perhaps it has something to do with the lack > of persistence of the value of it? > > Anyway, in a script: > > on testDate > ask "Enter a date" > convert it to seconds > put it into zaDate > convert it to dateItems > put zaDate&&"="&&it > end testDate > > -86400 does not give me "Invalid Date", but a date in 1969. Also, one does not normally start by entering a date in seconds ;-) but with a Julian date which happens to be negative seconds when converted, or the result of a calculation which likewise may be prior to 1970. All of these are handled impeccably in the date range suggested by Dar, from 1901. Failing after 2035 looks a bit of a worry though. I may be dead in sufficient time but how do I deal with data for younger people? cheers David > -- > Rob Cozens > CCW, Serendipity Software Company > http://www.oenolog.com/who.htm > > "And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three; > Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee." > > from "The Triple Foole" by John Donne (1572-1631) > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
