I agree it would be great to make these additions to the addon cross-platform. I'm also clueless on the best ways to do this outside Windows (which is why they aren't there already ;)) Anybody have any advice?
On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Pascal Jasmin <[email protected]>wrote: > adding 4 functions to this file: > > ~addons/types/datetime/datetime.ijs > > > Now_z_ =: 6!:0 > utcBIAS_z_ =: 0,~ >1{ getTimeZoneInfo_rgsdatetime_ '' > utc_z_ =: tsPlus&utcBIAS > utcnow_z_ =: utc@:Now > > > utcBIAS > 300 0 > this gives a utc adjusted current local time: > utcnow '' > 2013 10 20 1 9 21.346 > > utcBIAS relies on the windows api. Though its a noun set once at startup, > It's kludgy in case of running after a DST change or other system clock > change. > > > Is there a cygwin (or other windows) api call to get utctime, that would > be easily portable to unix/mac and smartphones? > > If not, do each of the platforms have a command line or dll call to set > utcBIAS? > > which approach would be recommended? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
