time anomaly

Mark Wieder mwieder at ahsoftware.net
Sat Aug 20 12:34:32 EDT 2005


Jeanne-

Friday, August 19, 2005, 7:28:40 PM, you wrote:

> Actually, it's not indeterminate. When you provide a number or other
> partial date or time, convert guesses what part you mean and fills in
> the rest with the current time. (For example, if you convert a time 
> to long data and long time, you get today's date along with the time
> you specified.) This probably should be in the convert docs as a note.

Cool.
I think.
So I could say "that appointment is at 2PM", convert it to a date and
time, and have it come up with "today at 2PM". Or 54 would be "the
time right now with the seconds equal to 54".

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-Mark Wieder
 mwieder at ahsoftware.net




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