| Re: time system? [message #10272 is a reply to message #10266] |
Mon, 03 November 1997 00:00  |
John J. Boia
Messages: 5
Registered: November 1997
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On a previous project, we used negative time stamp
values to store data in reverse chronological order
in VAX/VMS indexed keyed-access files.
If the value you quoted is "negative" seconds elapsed
from some reference date, I calculate a reference date of
approximately 08 July 1955. If the value is seconds
until some future time, it works out to 05 Feb 2040.
Hope this helps...
David Foster wrote:
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> George McCabe wrote:
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>> hello,
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>> does anyone know what time system the number (-1334599710) belongs to.
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>> this number is the time stamp for data recorded October 22nd,1997 during
>> daylight hours Central Daylight Time. though i can locate the time stamp
>> in the binary data, i do not have the code which wrote it. it's not
>> julian seconds, but by comparing consecutive data set i know that it is
>> a count up to some future date and time.
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> George -
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> Odd that the stamp is negative. Is it possible that the stamp was
> read using a signed integer when an unsigned integer was appropriate.
> Just fishing.
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> Dave
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