Date question

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2003


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 53291
interpreted = N
texte = Hi! I'm trying to implement an timestamp function and have a question. What does the numerical result of [math]{[date]}[/math] represent? On my US Mac with a date of 10/07/2003, I get 731860. This is almost the number of days since year 01/01/0000, but not quite.... Regular Year: 731860/365=2005.096 Including Leap Years: 731860/365.25=2003.723 Including Leap Years and 11 days missing due to the Gregorian Reformation (731860+11)/365.25=203.754 Oct. 7, 2003 is the 280th day of the year: 280/365.25=0.7665982 Thanks, Andy ------------------------------------------------------------- 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
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Hi! I'm trying to implement an timestamp function and have a question. What does the numerical result of [math]{[date]}[/math] represent? On my US Mac with a date of 10/07/2003, I get 731860. This is almost the number of days since year 01/01/0000, but not quite.... Regular Year: 731860/365=2005.096 Including Leap Years: 731860/365.25=2003.723 Including Leap Years and 11 days missing due to the Gregorian Reformation (731860+11)/365.25=203.754 Oct. 7, 2003 is the 280th day of the year: 280/365.25=0.7665982 Thanks, Andy ------------------------------------------------------------- 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/ andy mowrey

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