Re: Dates as 20020902

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 43087
interpreted = N
texte = That looks like the number of (seconds? minutes?) since a particular point in time. If you determine the units and the start date, you can convert it into values usable by WebDNA with the appropriate mathrobatics. I'm not Perl-savvy, but the info should be on the web somewhere, or perhaps one of our local perl-types will chirp in with some details.- brianAt 7:53 PM 9/3/02, Ben Swihart wrote: >Sweet! What about this number: 1030938753 ? > >This is some sort of time stamp, but I can't figure out what. It is >generated by perl. Do you recognize it and if so, how do you propose >breaking it up for use by webDNA? > >Thanks!! > >- Ben > >-----Original Message----- >From: WebCatalog Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On Behalf >Of Brian Fries >Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 7:01 PM >To: WebCatalog Talk >Subject: Re: Dates as 20020902 > > >[text]sqldate=20020902[/text] >[text]tYear=[getchars start=1&end=4][sqldate][/getchars][/text] >[text]tMonth=[getchars start=5&end=6][sqldate][/getchars][/text] >[text]tDay=[getchars start=7&end=8][sqldate][/getchars][/text] > >... then you can recombine [tYear] [tMonth] and [tDay] however you wish > >- brian > >At 4:37 PM 9/3/02, Ben Swihart wrote: >>Can webDNA deal with a date like YYYYMMDD ? This is the standard MySQL >date >>format... is there a way to convert this date to a format that webDNA can >>understand and reformat? >> >>Thanks! >> >>Ben M. Swihart >>Web Designer, SysAdmin : The GoTriCities Network > >ben@gotricities.net------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Dates as 20020902 (Ben Swihart 2002)
  2. Re: Dates as 20020902 (Brian Fries 2002)
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  4. Re: Dates as 20020902 (Brian Fries 2002)
  5. Re: Dates as 20020902 (Dan Strong 2002)
  6. Dates as 20020902 (Ben Swihart 2002)
That looks like the number of (seconds? minutes?) since a particular point in time. If you determine the units and the start date, you can convert it into values usable by WebDNA with the appropriate mathrobatics. I'm not Perl-savvy, but the info should be on the web somewhere, or perhaps one of our local perl-types will chirp in with some details.- brianAt 7:53 PM 9/3/02, Ben Swihart wrote: >Sweet! What about this number: 1030938753 ? > >This is some sort of time stamp, but I can't figure out what. It is >generated by perl. Do you recognize it and if so, how do you propose >breaking it up for use by webDNA? > >Thanks!! > >- Ben > >-----Original Message----- >From: WebCatalog Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On Behalf >Of Brian Fries >Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 7:01 PM >To: WebCatalog Talk >Subject: Re: Dates as 20020902 > > >[text]sqldate=20020902[/text] >[text]tYear=[getchars start=1&end=4][sqldate][/getchars][/text] >[text]tMonth=[getchars start=5&end=6][sqldate][/getchars][/text] >[text]tDay=[getchars start=7&end=8][sqldate][/getchars][/text] > >... then you can recombine [tYear] [tMonth] and [tDay] however you wish > >- brian > >At 4:37 PM 9/3/02, Ben Swihart wrote: >>Can webDNA deal with a date like YYYYMMDD ? This is the standard MySQL >date >>format... is there a way to convert this date to a format that webDNA can >>understand and reformat? >> >>Thanks! >> >>Ben M. Swihart >>Web Designer, SysAdmin : The GoTriCities Network > >ben@gotricities.net------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Brian Fries

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