The seconds and time zones

[Bill Vlahos]

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 <bvlahos at 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
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