You mean to use 31-12-1969
At 10:40 PM 10/28/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Elegant, except it's one day off ... should be now - 12-31-1969 * 86400,
>except that gives an invalid date.
Sure sounds like it... since the algorithm has to presume SOME time zone, so
GMT would be used.
Use now/zone to create the offset you desire.
R.
At 09:12 AM 10/29/99 -0400, you wrote:
>I'm off four hours using Gabriele's solution... could this be the difference
>between my time zone and GMT?
>
> > date: now
> > seconds: ((date - 1-1-1970) * 86400) + (date/time/hour * 3600) +
> > (date/time/minute * 60) + date/time/second
> >
>
> Gabriele has the closest solution yet, but it's still 4 hours short. I'm
> thinking, I'm thinking.
>
> --Ralph
>
OKAY! I gots it! A quick addon to Gabriele'