Its not really a matter of Unix or Palm but rather that the PC and MFC
date-time classes use 1/01/1970 as a base. Since the data is being used by
a desktop application, its easier to have just one place where the date/time
conversion to take place - the conduit.
----- Original Message -----
From: "DIAMOND JEFF" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 7:30 PM
Subject: Palm Date Format on Desktop...
> When examining desktop pdbs backed up with hotsync, I find that the
> creation and modification dates (32-bit seconds elapsed) are stored NOT
> as Palm dates (from Jan 1, 1904), but rather as Unix dates (from Jan 1,
> 1970).
>
> Is this a feature of the hotsync software - to translate the dates on
> the fly? - or has the PalmOS actually switched to using Unix dates? I
> also noticed the backup date was zero, even though hotsync had been
> backing it up many times.
>
> I think I'm using desktop software version 3.03 on windows.
>
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