Converting times

[Sarah]

OK, it looks like it definitely is a daylight-saving problem. My system 
worked fine until I told it I was in Sydney instead of Brisbane. Then I 
get the one hour discrepancy. BUT, if you set useSystemDate, you get 
the correct hour - then the date goes a bit funny:

With my clock set to Brisbane (+10, no daylight-saving):
set the useSystemDate to true
ask "Enter a time:" with "8:17 am"
convert it to seconds
convert it to internet date

I get:
	Sun, 11 Jan 1970 08:17:00 +1000

Removing the first line (useSystemDate), I get:
	Thu, 6 Nov 2003 08:17:00 +1000
i.e. it fills in the empty date with today's date, rather than a zero 
date.

Now setting my clock to Sydney time (+10 but with daylight-saving), I 
get:
With useSystemDate set to true:
	Sun, 11 Jan 1970 08:17:00 +1000
With useSystemDate not set:
	Thu, 6 Nov 2003 09:17:00 +1000

So, always set useSystemDate to true and don't expect it to fill in a 
blank date with today's. Hopefully this should be enough to get 
Jonathan out of trouble :-)

Cheers,
Sarah

On Thursday, November 6, 2003, at 12:16  pm, Monte Goulding wrote:

>
>> I get the correct answers using OS X 10.2.8 and set to Australian time
>> BUT I am in Queensland so I'm not on daylight saving. I wonder is that
>> a factor. Could you try converting to "the internet date"? Using your
>> 8:17 am example, I get: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 08:17:00 +1000
>
> Hmmm... I'm in Adelaide and i get the problem so perhaps it is daylight
> saving???
>
> Monte
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