Stephen, The Rev dictionary says
Comments: The seconds function returns the total number of seconds since midnight, January 1, 1970 GMT. I want to confirm that this is true for all platforms? I thought the epoc was different for each platform. Bill Vlahos On Nov 28, 2009, at 2:54 PM, stephen barncard wrote: > To ensure compatibility among platforms and countries; > use the seconds as the stored time data, then convert on the fly at > showtime. The dates and times should "just work" and formatted as they are > set by the user. You shouldn't have to do any fancy conversions. > > sqb > ------------------------- > Stephen Barncard > San Francisco > http://houseofcubes.com/disco.irev > > > 2009/11/28 Bill Vlahos <[email protected]> > >> How do folks deal with storing dates when the formats around the world vary >> so much? >> >> Table below is for different countries according to Mac OS 10.6.2 >> >> Australia 05/01/2009 5/01/09 >> Canada 2009-01-05 09-01-05 >> Hong Kong 5 Jan 2009 05/01/2009 >> India 05-Jan-2009 05/01/09 >> Jamaica Jan 5, 2009 1/5/09 >> South Africa 05 Jan 2009 2009/01/05 >> United States Jan 5, 2009 1/5/09 >> >> A date string in one country isn't a date in a different country. How do >> you make them consistent if the user changes the formatting options? >> >> Bill Vlahos >> _______________________________________________ >> use-revolution mailing list >> [email protected] >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution >> > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution Bill Vlahos _________________ InfoWallet (http://www.infowallet.com) helps me remember the important details of my life. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
