Convert date to seconds

[Dar Scott]

We might be saying the same thing, but I'm not sure.

on mouseUp
   get the short date
   convert it to seconds
   put it & tab & it/3600 mod 24
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gives me this:
1374127200	6 

I'm in MDT (Rocky Mountains), somebody in California might take those same seconds and convert to a short date and get something other than today, the 18th.  Or is it Florida?  

Dar



On Jul 18, 2013, at 12:01 PM, Andrew Kluthe wrote:

> it gets midnight UTC, livecode changing the date FROM the time zone
> independent seconds gives you time zone differences.
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 12:48 PM, Dar Scott <dsc at swcp.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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
>>> 
>>> -- Tom McGrath III
>>> http://lazyriver.on-rev.com
>>> mcgrath3 at mac.com
>>> 
>>> 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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