Be careful with the spelling ! Jacques has a beard, smokes pipe, likes brussel sprouts (oups, sorry) and is definitively different from Jacque...
But I can nevertheless say that I did set my computer (Mac OS X) to different time zones and the seconds didn't change accordingly... they seem trustable within a computer. Jacques Le 26 janv. 2010 à 13:36, Bernard Devlin a écrit : > Hang on :-) I seem to remember Jacques saying recently that she'd > found that the internet date was more reliable across time zones than > storing seconds. > > I'm sure Jacques will be along soon to give us details or tell me > (ever so politely) that I'm wrong. > > Bernard > > On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 6:25 AM, Bill Vlahos <bvla...@mac.com> wrote: >> Sarah, >> >> Thanks for confirming it. Slick. >> >> Bill >> >> On Jan 25, 2010, at 9:36 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Bill Vlahos <bvla...@mac.com> wrote: >>>> I want to represent time snapshot independently of format and time zone so >>>> that I can compare the modification times of two items. The "seconds" >>>> looks like the way to go but I thought that it would get thrown off >>>> depending upon which time zone the computer was in. >>>> >>>> I just saw this in the Rev dictionary: >>>> Note: The convert command assumes all dates / times are in local time >>>> except for 'the seconds', which is taken to be universal time. >>>> >>>> Does this mean that if I "get the seconds" simultaneously anywhere in the >>>> world it will result in the same number or would I have to account for the >>>> time zone offset. This definition makes it sound like it already takes >>>> into account the time zone offset. >>> >>> >>> Correct. The seconds taken at an instant in time will give the same >>> result no matter where you are and what time zone you are in. >>> Converting it to any other format then applies the time zone of the >>> computer doing the conversions. >>> >>> As an example, my time zone is +1000 and at the moment, using this >>> line of script, I get: >>> >>> put the seconds & cr & the long time && the long date >>> >>> 1264484095 >>> 3:34:55 PM Tuesday, January 26, 2010 >>> >>> If you take that value of seconds and convert it, you will get >>> whatever time it was in your zone when it was 3:34 for me. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Sarah >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-revolution mailing list >>> use-revolution@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-revolution mailing list >> use-revolution@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution >> > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ****************************************** Prof. Jacques Hausser Department of Ecology and Evolution Biophore / Sorge University of Lausanne CH 1015 Lausanne please use my private address: 6 route de Burtigny CH-1269 Bassins tel/fax: ++ 41 22 366 19 40 mobile: ++ 41 79 757 05 24 E-Mail: jacques.haus...@unil.ch ******************************************* _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution