Convert date to seconds

[Mike Bonner]

Could work up a simple regex and use matchtext instead to remove the issue
entirely also.


On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 7:34 PM, <dunbarx at aol.com> wrote:

> Tom.
>
>
> You have nearly 20 years until another digit is added.
>
>
> Of course, you can always prepare for this right now. Just test the length
> of the seconds, and if it is eleven then modify your chunk stuff.
>
>
> Craig Newman
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dar Scott <dsc at swcp.com>
> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
> Sent: Wed, Jul 17, 2013 9:21 pm
> Subject: Re: Convert date to seconds
>
>
> Will the create of file names be in the same time zone as the reader of
> file
> names?
>
> On Jul 17, 2013, at 7:03 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote:
>
> > I am converting the short date (08/16/13) to seconds and I get 1376625600
> >
> > My question is "Is the converted seconds always that many digits when
> converted from that type of date?"
> >
> > The reason I ask is I am making filenames by merging a name like
> "Thomas" or
> "Tom" with the date converted to seconds as in "Thomas1376625600.txt" or
> "Tom1376625600.txt"
> >
> > I would like to script this conversion like:
> >
> > put char -10 to the number of chars of tFilename into tSeconds
> > put char 1 to -10 of tFilename into tName
> >
> > --put "1376625600" into tSeconds
> > convert tSeconds to short date
> >
> > and now tName should be either "Tom" or "Thomas" regardless of length and
> tSeconds will be "08/16/13" so I can use them in my app.
> >
> > This will not work if the converted seconds ever gets longer ( over the
> next
> twenty or thirty years or so).
> >
> > So, Does the converted seconds always stay at 10 digits in this scenario?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > -- Tom McGrath III
> > http://lazyriver.on-rev.com
> > mcgrath3 at mac.com
> >
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