Working with seconds, what am I missing?

[John Dixon]

the internet date might be what you are looking for


> 
> Trying to work with seconds to avoid format issues with dates in different countries I keep running into this issue,  and im probably just missing something very obvious!
> 
> Using the following simple code today (the 22nd April)..
> 
>    put the date into tDate
>    convert tDate to seconds
>    put tDate
> 
> Returns 1335049200
> 
> Id expect to get a result of 22nd April,  but instead Ive fed that in to a few online UNIX time converters and they all return Sat, 21 Apr 2012 23:00:00 GMT which is an hour into the previous day.
> 
> Im assuming its something to do with GMT / daylight savings time,  but is there a reliable way to get and use the seconds.  Id like to ensure the values stored are correct.
> 
> Andy
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