Sarah, Thanks for confirming it. Slick.
Bill On Jan 25, 2010, at 9:36 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote: > On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Bill Vlahos <bvla...@mac.com> wrote: >> I want to represent time snapshot independently of format and time zone so >> that I can compare the modification times of two items. The "seconds" looks >> like the way to go but I thought that it would get thrown off depending upon >> which time zone the computer was in. >> >> I just saw this in the Rev dictionary: >> Note: The convert command assumes all dates / times are in local time except >> for 'the seconds', which is taken to be universal time. >> >> Does this mean that if I "get the seconds" simultaneously anywhere in the >> world it will result in the same number or would I have to account for the >> time zone offset. This definition makes it sound like it already takes into >> account the time zone offset. > > > Correct. The seconds taken at an instant in time will give the same > result no matter where you are and what time zone you are in. > Converting it to any other format then applies the time zone of the > computer doing the conversions. > > As an example, my time zone is +1000 and at the moment, using this > line of script, I get: > > put the seconds & cr & the long time && the long date > > 1264484095 > 3:34:55 PM Tuesday, January 26, 2010 > > If you take that value of seconds and convert it, you will get > whatever time it was in your zone when it was 3:34 for me. > > Cheers, > Sarah > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
