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Re: Parsing dates (ARGH!) [message #39458 is a reply to message #39456]

Mon, 17 May 2004 10:27

btt
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Registered: December 2000

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Jamie Smyth wrote:
> Can someone please explain how I can parse the year, month, day, hour,
> minute, and seconds from a timestamp such as '2004-01-01
> 01:22:15.1234'
>
> IDL> print, a
> 2004-01-01 00:10:22
> IDL> print, size(a, /tname)
> STRING
> IDL> sql_fmt = "(C(CYI4, X, CMoI2.2, X, CDI2.2, X, CHI2.2, X," + $
> IDL> " CMI2.2, X, CSF7.4))"
> IDL> reads, a, year, format=sql_fmt
> IDL> help, year
> YEAR INT = 28173
> IDL> reads, a, year, month, date, hour, minute, seconds,
> format=sql_fmt
> % READS: End of input data encountered: A
> % Execution halted at: $MAIN$
>
> Thanks, I've blown most of the morning on this...
Hello,

You could try ....

IDL> b = strsplit(a, '[- :]', /extract)
IDL> for i = 0, n_elements(b)-1 do print, i,' = ', b[i]
0 = 2004
1 = 01
2 = 01
3 = 00
4 = 10
5 = 22

Ben

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		Re: Parsing dates (ARGH!) By: Chris[1] on Mon, 17 May 2004 10:49
		Re: Parsing dates (ARGH!) By: Rick Towler on Mon, 17 May 2004 10:41
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