A (simpler) timestamp function

[luke]

Steve has a function here 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.

Code: [Select]

DECLARE LIBRARY
    FUNCTION time& (BYVAL null&)
END DECLARE

PRINT timestamp

FUNCTION timestamp&
    timestamp& = time&(0)
END FUNCTION


[bplus]

Hi Luke,

Can you do different date+time conversions to seconds?

[luke]

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.