Yes, that’s right. We had a report of a user setting back his OS date to extend his demo. This caused us much consternation, thus the desire for an independent date source.
Peter > On Sep 14, 2018, at 5:56 PM, Brian Milby via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > I think the goal is an independent time (date) source to ensure that the > value is correct. I’m curious about the best solution. Probably would involve > your own server though. > > Thanks, > Brian > On Sep 14, 2018, 7:36 PM -0500, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>, wrote: >> Peter Bogdanoff wrote: >> >>> And… if anyone has a method that doesn’t rely on the user’s local >>> date/time I’d like to hear that… >> >> Using "the seconds" returns a value that accounts for local GMT offset. >> with the value returned being for GMT. >> >> So if you get the seconds and then display them on a machine set to a >> different time zone, the time zone will be taken into account when using >> the convert command to display them in any human-readable format. >> >> FWIW "the internet date" is similarly useful for converting to other >> formats in ways that take local time zone into account. >> >> AFAIK those are the only two built-in date formats that account for GMT >> offset, but I've used both for network services where users trade data >> across many time zones and they work quite well. >> >> -- >> Richard Gaskin >> Fourth World Systems >> Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web >> ____________________________________________________________________ >> ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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