Sheesh. This is just another great example why the Forum is so much better a venue than this list. It would take a lot of work to reformat the OP’s code example into something workable in the SE.
Craig > On Nov 1, 2021, at 6:29 PM, Mark Smith via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > You want the convert command. convert 1605553200 from seconds to dateitems > gives you 2020,11,16,19,0,0,2 (lookup dateitems). convert the date && the > time to seconds gives the date/time right now = 1635805440, then do the same > as step one with that gives you 2021,11,1,22,24,0,2. Do a little subtraction > and you get 1 yr, 0 months, 15 days, 3 hours, 24 mins, 0 secs. > >> On Nov 1, 2021, at 9:45 PM, Dan Friedman via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> Anyone ever done a count up timer? For example, if we supply the seconds >> of 1605553200, we want to display the number of years, months, days, hours, >> minutes and seconds since that time. For example, "How long have you been >> alive?". This needs to be precise – need to account for leap years, days >> in month, etc. >> >> Save me!! :) >> >> -Dan >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
