convert to time question

[Sarah Reichelt]

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 9:26 AM, J. Landman Gay
<jacque at hyperactivesw.com> wrote:
> Thierry wrote:
>
>> Out of curiosity, I would be very much interested to understand
>> how we can make the build in convert command work ?
>>
>> Any convert expert ?
>
> The convert command is complex enough that we had a whole scripting
> conference on it. Sarah Reichelt is our resident expert:
>
> <http://support.runrev.com/scriptingconferences/>
>
> Scroll down to #12.
>
> Any integer, when used with date commands, is considered to be a number of
> seconds. When used with the convert command, the local system clock is used
> for the conversion and takes into account daylight savings. The seconds are
> always constant anywhere in the world, but the converted date and time will
> vary based on the local clock.


LOL, thank you Jacque. You gave my answer before I could reply to this :-)

Cheers,
Sarah