Re: [WebDNA] unix timestamp in WebDNA
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2009
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 102082
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texte = Dana, I should explain, this is for the number of seconds since 1/1/1970 (Unix epoch). To work for your application simply relace [date] with your date from the db, making sure it's format is MM/DD/YYYY. Marc Thompson wrote: > Here's an estimation within a few seconds: > [text]timestamp=[math]((([math]{[date]}[/math])-1)*86400)+([math]{[time]}[/math])[/math][/text] > [math show=f]time_now=[timestamp]*1[/math] > [math show=t]Aprox_Epoch_Time=[time_now]-62167107589[/math] > > > Marc > > Dana Keil wrote: >> On Feb 27, 2009, at 11:59 AM, Donovan Brooke wrote: >> >>> It would help if you describe your project a bit. >> Hi Donovan, >> >> Once I started getting answers (thanks everyone), I realized that what >> I'm wanting it for isn't obvious, who would have thought my question >> could be interpreted in so many different ways -- I know exactly what >> I'm thinking, why doesn't everyone else ;-). >> >> I have a site that is currently a "hybrid" WebDNA and PHP site (for >> historical reasons). I write WebDNA pages that return info to PHP when >> PHP uses cURL to hit the WebDNA page (and PHP can send info to WebDNA >> using cURL too, it works both ways quite nicely). >> >> The PHP wants to do some math on a date value that comes from WebDNA >> (stored as MM/DD/YYYY in a WebDNA db) and I would like to convert that >> to a unix timestamp form before passing it to PHP. If it was native >> WebDNA, of course, I wouldn't care about getting it into unix timestamp >> form at all. >> >> So the question is, does anyone have an already written function that >> will take a value coming from a WebDNA db in the MM/DD/YYYY format and >> turn it into a unix time number. >> >> -- >> Dana >> >> > -- ------------------------------------------- Marc Thompson Software Engineer Office of Information Technology University of Utah 801.585.9264 marc.thompson@utah.edu -------------------------------------------
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Dana, I should explain, this is for the number of seconds since 1/1/1970 (Unix epoch). To work for your application simply relace
[date] with your date from the db, making sure it's format is MM/DD/YYYY. Marc Thompson wrote: > Here's an estimation within a few seconds: >
[text]timestamp=
[math](((
[math]{
[date]}[/math])-1)*86400)+(
[math]{
[time]}[/math])[/math][/text] > [math show=f]time_now=[timestamp]*1[/math] > [math show=t]Aprox_Epoch_Time=[time_now]-62167107589[/math] > > > Marc > > Dana Keil wrote: >> On Feb 27, 2009, at 11:59 AM, Donovan Brooke wrote: >> >>> It would help if you describe your project a bit. >> Hi Donovan, >> >> Once I started getting answers (thanks everyone), I realized that what >> I'm wanting it for isn't obvious, who would have thought my question >> could be interpreted in so many different ways -- I know exactly what >> I'm thinking, why doesn't everyone else ;-). >> >> I have a site that is currently a "hybrid" WebDNA and PHP site (for >> historical reasons). I write WebDNA pages that return info to PHP when >> PHP uses cURL to hit the WebDNA page (and PHP can send info to WebDNA >> using cURL too, it works both ways quite nicely). >> >> The PHP wants to do some math on a date value that comes from WebDNA >> (stored as MM/DD/YYYY in a WebDNA db) and I would like to convert that >> to a unix timestamp form before passing it to PHP. If it was native >> WebDNA, of course, I wouldn't care about getting it into unix timestamp >> form at all. >> >> So the question is, does anyone have an already written function that >> will take a value coming from a WebDNA db in the MM/DD/YYYY format and >> turn it into a unix time number. >> >> -- >> Dana >> >> > -- ------------------------------------------- Marc Thompson Software Engineer Office of Information Technology University of Utah 801.585.9264 marc.thompson@utah.edu -------------------------------------------
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