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Active Forums => Programs => Topic started by: luke on August 30, 2019, 09:07:32 am

Title: A (simpler) timestamp function
Post by: luke on August 30, 2019, 09:07:32 am: Steve has a function here (https://www.qb64.org/forum/index.php?topic=1638.0) that generates a timestamp based on the Unix timestamp, seconds since 1/1/1970. However, it's rather... complex, and doesn't take into account the silliness that is daylight saving.

Here's a simpler one. Works on both Windows & Linux, returns the Unix timestamp.

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DECLARE LIBRARY FUNCTION time& (BYVAL null&) END DECLARE PRINT timestamp FUNCTION timestamp& timestamp& = time&(0) END FUNCTION
Title: Re: A (simpler) timestamp function
Post by: bplus on August 30, 2019, 09:31:40 am: Hi Luke,

Can you do different date+time conversions to seconds?
Title: Re: A (simpler) timestamp function
Post by: luke on August 30, 2019, 09:39:19 am: If you want to map these to actual datetimes, go use Steve's function.

This is for if you need a reliable counter like TIMER that doesn't suffer from wrap-around, daylight saving, timezones etc.