Re: [WebDNA] unix timestamp in WebDNA
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2009
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 102074
interpreted = N
texte = Dana Keil wrote: > I thought that a unix timestamp was an available format in WebDNA, but > looking at the docs it seems it is not. > > So I went to the list archives and a search yields some very promising > items relating to posts made by Palle Bo Nielsen about unix timestamp > using WebDNA, but it looks like the actual text of these messages in the > archive has been lost! > > So two things: > 1. is it possible to fix the archive? (I don't know if the missing data > is more widespread or just happens in the messages I was searching for.) > 2. does someone perhaps have an already written function they can give > me that will output a unix timestamp for a WebDNA date? Hey Dana, Unix timestamp (epoch) is far in the future from WebDNA's epoch.. so, it may not be too difficult to build a function called unixtimestamp.. something like: ------START [function name=unixtimestamp] [text]ustamp=[!] [/!][getchars start=8][!] [/!][shell]/bin/date +FORMAT=%s[/shell][!] [/!][/getchars][/text] [return][ustamp][/return] [/function] [unixtimestamp] -------END However, it may be easier to user WebDNA's epoch.. but that depends on what you are wanting the timestamp for. Donovan -- Donovan D. Brooke PH: 1 (608) 770-3822 ------------------------------------------------ VP WebDNA Software Corporation 16192 Coastal Highway Lewes, DE 19958
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Dana Keil wrote: > I thought that a unix timestamp was an available format in WebDNA, but > looking at the docs it seems it is not. > > So I went to the list archives and a search yields some very promising > items relating to posts made by Palle Bo Nielsen about unix timestamp > using WebDNA, but it looks like the actual text of these messages in the > archive has been lost! > > So two things: > 1. is it possible to fix the archive? (I don't know if the missing data > is more widespread or just happens in the messages I was searching for.) > 2. does someone perhaps have an already written function they can give > me that will output a unix timestamp for a WebDNA date? Hey Dana, Unix timestamp (epoch) is far in the future from WebDNA's epoch.. so, it may not be too difficult to build a function called unixtimestamp.. something like: ------START [function name=unixtimestamp]
[text]ustamp=
[!] [/!][getchars start=8]
[!] [/!]
[shell]/bin/date +FORMAT=%s[/shell]
[!] [/!][/getchars][/text]
[return][ustamp][/return] [/function] [unixtimestamp] -------END However, it may be easier to user WebDNA's epoch.. but that depends on what you are wanting the timestamp for. Donovan -- Donovan D. Brooke PH: 1 (608) 770-3822 ------------------------------------------------ VP WebDNA Software Corporation 16192 Coastal Highway Lewes, DE 19958
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