Fully agree with you, Jay.
-> SQLite NUL "select datetime('now','localtime');"
E.
On Wed, Jun 27, 2012, at 10:55, Jay A. Kreibich wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 05:45:41PM +0200, [email protected] scratched on
> the wall:
> > Am 27.06.2012 17:40, schrieb Jay A. Kreibich:
> > >On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 05:37:55PM +0200, [email protected] scratched on
> > >the wall:
> > >
> > >>Hello,
> > >>
> > >>>sqlite3 event.db "select datetime('now')";
> > >>gives me a time that is 2 hours too late ( 2012-06-27 15:33:13)
> > >>than my system time ( win 7 ) 17::33:13
> > >>
> > >>How can this be fixed ?
> > > Move two timezones to the west.
> > >
> > > (By default all times and dates are UTC.)
>
>
> > I use this from within a c++ application
> > char create_sql[] = "CREATE TABLE if not exists eventlog ("
> > "id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,"
> > "eventdate DATETIME default current_timestamp,"
> > "eventtype TEXT,"
> > ")";
> >
> > How do I get the right time in the the column eventdate ?
>
> UTC is "the right time." If you're doing anything with dates and
> times I would STRONGLY recommend that all recorded times are in UTC.
> Anything online and anything mobile tends to be used from different
> timezones.
>
> As for converting to the local time for display purposes, see:
>
> http://sqlite.org/lang_datefunc.html
>
> In specific, the "localtime" modifier.
>
> > How to move timezones ?
>
> Car, usually.
>
>
> -j
>
> --
> Jay A. Kreibich < J A Y @ K R E I B I.C H >
>
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