I take this to mean that on the Palm databases, the seconds are still from 1904, but
when backed up onto windows, the desktop
software converts the dates?
Does the reverse occur during install?
I'm trying to figure out what format to use in my desktop created PDBs such that they
could be used via any platform onto any Palm.
Thanks, Dave!
- Jeff
Dave Lippincott wrote:
> 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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