That (6!: foreign access to gmt strptime) would be a big help.
And I guess it would also give us access to the time zone offset
(using the difference between 6!:0'' and the gmt time).
Thanks,
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Raul
On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 6:41 PM bill lam wrote:
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> It depends on which format of datetime th
It depends on which format of datetime that you are given to work with, and
often you have no control over it.
I am thinking of a new foreign conjunction like 6!:0 that can return
datetime in utc and string in formats compatible with strftime.
strptime is also helpful but it is not available on w
I know I've built something kind of like this before, but I couldn't
find it, so...
Here's a quicky little mechanism to support interpolation in strings in J:
interp_fmt=:3 :0
}:;<@(LF,~dtb)"1]1 1}._1 _1}.": 2+ends-starts) {&.> befores
rplc&(befores,.afters) y
)
Example use:
interp 'Exa
I ran into a situation today, where I need to handle time zones in J.
After poking around a bit, I found
https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/User:Ric_Sherlock/Extend_Dates_Project/DatesAdd_Script
and
http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/programming/2014-March/036357.html
So, basically, here's my imp
