Date formats around the world

[Bill Vlahos]

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
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> 
> 
> 2009/11/28 Bill Vlahos <bvlahos at mac.com>
> 
>> 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
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