Convert date to seconds

[Dar Scott]

I think it is the UTC seconds thing.  I think that changing a date to seconds will get midnight of the day for the current time zone.  Somebody in an more westerly timezone might see those seconds and the date will be earlier.  

If it is on only one computer and the timezone will not change, then you might be OK.

The dateItems format for convert might be handy for coming up with a file name format.

Dar

On Jul 18, 2013, at 9:56 AM, Thomas McGrath III wrote:

> That's weird. I still get the 16th. Can anyone else confirm the 15th? (not doubting you Dar)
> 
> I might have to change this then…
> 
> Tom
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> On Jul 18, 2013, at 12:39 AM, Dar Scott <dsc at swcp.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 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
>> 
>> When I converted it back earlier today, I got the 15th.  I guess there is a problem related to timezones or something.  
>> 
>> Consider NAMEyyyymmdd.  It is easy to parse.  It lists in order.  It is somewhat readable.  It is two characters shorter.  
>> 
>> Dar
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