use-revolution Digest, Vol 40, Issue 17

[Reinhold Venzl-Schubert]

Hi Mark, hi Bernard!

Thanks for your help! It works fine :-)

Reinhold


> This works in my code
>
> ...
> convert vTheSeconds to short system date and abbreviated system time
> ...
>
> where vTheSeconds is a value in seconds such as 1141690766
>
> Mark


> get the seconds
> convert it to abbreviated system date
> put it
>
> The convert command needs to be given a value (or a container holding
> a value) you need to convert.  This also works:
>
> convert value(quote & the seconds & quote)  to abbreviated system date
>
> I've been caught out by convert before doing precisely what you are
> trying to do.  This 'feature' of Rev does not seem consistent or
> intuitve to me.
>
> Bernard