hi maybe the GMT is obsolete. The new time-standart becomes BMT - Biel Mean Time, which is linked up to the Central European Winter/Standard time - which is UTC + 1 hour (aka internet time).
regards e. Цитат на писмо от John Stanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Brad wrote: > >> I am looking for a simple way of using date and time > values with > >> sqlite3. I have some Ctime classes (VC++.net) which > have to be stored in > >> the database and they should be compared. > > > > > > If the class you're using has .Value property, or a way > to easily > > transform the date from one format to another, you > should probably store > > that. For instance, I like to store dates in string > format, using > > something like "CCYYMMDDHHmmSS.SSSSSS". If I expect to > need to deal with > > time zones, I'll store all the dates/times as GMT, or > Universal time, > > and do the conversions when I create the datetime > objects. > > > > > You might consider storing dates and times in ISO9601 > format, and doing > as suggested above, using Zulu time (also known as UTC, > Universal > Co-ordinated Time, formerly GMT). By complying with a > standard and > using UTC you can present the time according to time zone > and daylight > saving status. In a widely distributed system the > complication is > keeping track of daylight saving, but there are databases > and tools > which help. > > The other way to store time is an offset from an epoch. > The problem > there is that there are arbitrary epochs. The best one > is some date BC > which has the magic property that it can be used to > transform the offset > into all of the major world date systems, like Gregorian, > Arabic, > Hebrew, Japanese etc. > > If you application is fairly straightforward the ISO9601 > format has the > great advantage that it is human readable in its raw > form. > JS > > ----------------------------- Коледа е - всеки заслужава подарък. Тази Коледа с всеки хостинг пакет SuperHosting.BG Ви подарява книга и дава шанс за спечелване на 3x MP3 плейъра и мобилен телефон. http://www.superhosting.bg/promo2.adv

