Unix date problems

2003-08-14 Thread Andy Jackman
Hi, 1) I was investigating the unix_timestamp routine in mysql (version 3.23.46-nt) and for some reason the unix epoch (1-1-1970) was returned with a value of -3600. Then, as you can see, it suddenly corrected itself. I can't replicate this error, but it caused me to shudder. Attached is the

Re: Unix date problems

2003-08-14 Thread Keith C. Ivey
On 7 Aug 2003 at 16:12, Andy Jackman wrote: or is there some summertime adjustment occurring? You're right the -3600 looks like 1 hour of summertime and our server IS set to BST (1 hour ahead of GMT - sorry I can never figure out if that is -0100 or +0100). However, the same function gave

Re: Unix date problems

2003-08-14 Thread Keith C. Ivey
On 7 Aug 2003 at 15:27, Andy Jackman wrote: 1) I was investigating the unix_timestamp routine in mysql (version 3.23.46-nt) and for some reason the unix epoch (1-1-1970) was returned with a value of -3600. That's what I'd expect if the time zone was set to -0100, since MySQL assumes the

Re: Unix date problems

2003-08-14 Thread Andy Jackman
Keith, or is there some summertime adjustment occurring? You're right the -3600 looks like 1 hour of summertime and our server IS set to BST (1 hour ahead of GMT - sorry I can never figure out if that is -0100 or +0100). However, the same function gave different results a few minutes apart -

Re: Unix date problems

2003-08-08 Thread Keith C. Ivey
On 7 Aug 2003 at 9:47, woody at nfri dot com wrote: While I don't know for sure, my guess is that it would have something to do with 32 bit as the magic number, but also...being that this won't become a problem until mysql select from_unixtime(2147483647); +---+ |

Re: Unix date problems

2003-08-07 Thread woody at nfri dot com
While I don't know for sure, my guess is that it would have something to do with 32 bit as the magic number, but also...being that this won't become a problem until mysql select from_unixtime(2147483647); +---+ | from_unixtime(2147483647) | +---+ |