Re: Date AND time
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2001
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 40294
interpreted = N
texte = On 11/26/01 12:28 AM, Aaron Lynch
wrote:> I have a feeling that I will have to do a replace using getchars or> something, but even still, how can I end up with one field that has epoch> time or something that I can then search on and extract using [date] later?I convert the date to seconds since 00/00/00 and time as well. Then I cansearch it as I please. I store it in 2 fields so that I can search one orboth fields. I also combine the date and time and store that as well.date:[math]{[date]}[/math]time:[math]{[time]}[/math]datetime:[math]{[date]}[/math][format 5s][math]{[time]}[/math][/format]This producesdate:731180time:2592datetime:7311802592Then you can reformat when you take it out.date:[format days_to_date %Y-%m-%d][yourdatefield][/format]time:[format seconds_to_time %H:%M:%S][yourtimefield][/format]You also know that the first six digits of datetime are the date at leastuntil 269,000 days(736 years) from today and that is the last 5 digits arethe time.Robert MinorDirector of Internet Services------------------------------------------------------------Cybermill Communicationshttp://www.cybermill.com http://www.merchantmaker.comProviding Ecommerce and interactive website development andhosting services on Macintosh, Windows NT, Unix, and AS/400.All your websites are belong to us!-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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On 11/26/01 12:28 AM, Aaron Lynch wrote:> I have a feeling that I will have to do a replace using getchars or> something, but even still, how can I end up with one field that has epoch> time or something that I can then search on and extract using [date] later?I convert the date to seconds since 00/00/00 and time as well. Then I cansearch it as I please. I store it in 2 fields so that I can search one orboth fields. I also combine the date and time and store that as well.date:[math]{[date]}[/math]time:[math]{[time]}[/math]datetime:[math]{[date]}[/math][format 5s][math]{[time]}[/math][/format]This producesdate:731180time:2592datetime:7311802592Then you can reformat when you take it out.date:[format days_to_date %Y-%m-%d][yourdatefield][/format]time:[format seconds_to_time %H:%M:%S][yourtimefield][/format]You also know that the first six digits of datetime are the date at leastuntil 269,000 days(736 years) from today and that is the last 5 digits arethe time.Robert MinorDirector of Internet Services------------------------------------------------------------Cybermill Communicationshttp://www.cybermill.com http://www.merchantmaker.comProviding Ecommerce and interactive website development andhosting services on Macintosh, Windows NT, Unix, and AS/400.All your websites are belong to us!-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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