std.date is still buggy (at least on Windows). Check this:


C:\DevTools\d>type datetime.d
import std.date;

void main()
{
 printf("%.*s\n", toString( getUTCtime() ) );
}

C:\DevTools\d>dmd datetime.d
C:\DevTools\dmd\bin\..\..\dm\bin\link.exe datetime,,,user32+kernel32/noi;

C:\DevTools\d>datetime
Sun May 16 21:42:51 GMT+0000 2004

C:\DevTools\d>date /t   & time /t
2004-05-16
16:42


In case you don't remember, I'm on GMT-0500 (SA Pacific).

-----------------------
Carlos Santander Bernal

On Sun, 16 May 2004 16:46:53 -0500, Carlos Santander B. wrote:

> std.date is still buggy (at least on Windows). Check this:
> 
> 
> C:\DevTools\d>type datetime.d
> import std.date;
> 
> void main()
> {
>  printf("%.*s\n", toString( getUTCtime() ) );
> }
> 
> C:\DevTools\d>dmd datetime.d
> C:\DevTools\dmd\bin\..\..\dm\bin\link.exe datetime,,,user32+kernel32/noi;
> 
> C:\DevTools\d>datetime
> Sun May 16 21:42:51 GMT+0000 2004
> 
> C:\DevTools\d>date /t   & time /t
> 2004-05-16
> 16:42
> 
> 
> In case you don't remember, I'm on GMT-0500 (SA Pacific).
> 
> -----------------------
> Carlos Santander Bernal

funny, it works fine for me
on linux
and several times zones (including +0000)
on windows 2000

Ant

"Carlos Santander B." <carlos8294@msn.com> wrote in message news:c88niq$51b$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> std.date is still buggy (at least on Windows). Check this:
>
>
> C:\DevTools\d>type datetime.d
> import std.date;
>
> void main()
> {
>  printf("%.*s\n", toString( getUTCtime() ) );
> }
>
> C:\DevTools\d>dmd datetime.d
> C:\DevTools\dmd\bin\..\..\dm\bin\link.exe datetime,,,user32+kernel32/noi;
>
> C:\DevTools\d>datetime
> Sun May 16 21:42:51 GMT+0000 2004
>
> C:\DevTools\d>date /t   & time /t
> 2004-05-16
> 16:42
>
>
> In case you don't remember, I'm on GMT-0500 (SA Pacific).

I don't understand what the problem is. The program prints UTC, not local time.

"Walter" <newshound@digitalmars.com> escribió en el mensaje
news:c8bgfe$1ap3$2@digitaldaemon.com
| "Carlos Santander B." <carlos8294@msn.com> wrote in message
| news:c88niq$51b$1@digitaldaemon.com...
|| std.date is still buggy (at least on Windows). Check this:
||
||
|| C:\DevTools\d>type datetime.d
|| import std.date;
||
|| void main()
|| {
||  printf("%.*s\n", toString( getUTCtime() ) );
|| }
||
|| C:\DevTools\d>dmd datetime.d
|| C:\DevTools\dmd\bin\..\..\dm\bin\link.exe datetime,,,user32+kernel32/noi;
||
|| C:\DevTools\d>datetime
|| Sun May 16 21:42:51 GMT+0000 2004
||
|| C:\DevTools\d>date /t   & time /t
|| 2004-05-16
|| 16:42
||
||
|| In case you don't remember, I'm on GMT-0500 (SA Pacific).
|
| I don't understand what the problem is. The program prints UTC, not local
| time.

Ok, but then how do I get to print local time?

-----------------------
Carlos Santander Bernal

On Mon, 17 May 2004 19:35:13 -0500, Carlos Santander B. wrote:

> "Walter" <newshound@digitalmars.com> escribió en el mensaje news:c8bgfe$1ap3$2@digitaldaemon.com
>| "Carlos Santander B." <carlos8294@msn.com> wrote in message
>| news:c88niq$51b$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>|| std.date is still buggy (at least on Windows). Check this:
>||
>||
>|| C:\DevTools\d>type datetime.d
>|| import std.date;
>||
>|| void main()
>|| {
>||  printf("%.*s\n", toString( getUTCtime() ) );
>|| }
>||
>|| C:\DevTools\d>dmd datetime.d
>|| C:\DevTools\dmd\bin\..\..\dm\bin\link.exe datetime,,,user32+kernel32/noi;
>||
>|| C:\DevTools\d>datetime
>|| Sun May 16 21:42:51 GMT+0000 2004
>||
>|| C:\DevTools\d>date /t   & time /t
>|| 2004-05-16
>|| 16:42
>||
>||
>|| In case you don't remember, I'm on GMT-0500 (SA Pacific).
>|
>| I don't understand what the problem is. The program prints UTC, not local
>| time.
> 
> Ok, but then how do I get to print local time?
> 
> -----------------------
> Carlos Santander Bernal

I think there is a problem here too. On my system, getUTCTime() returns the local time and NOT the UTC.

Here is my test code...

//-------------------------
import std.date;
void main()
{
    d_time lLocalTime;
    d_time lUTC;

    lUTC = getUTCtime();
    lLocalTime = UTCtoLocalTime(lUTC);

 printf("UTC   %.*s\n", toString( lUTC ) );
 printf("Local %.*s\n", toString( lLocalTime ) );
 printf(">UTC  %.*s\n", toString( LocalTimetoUTC(lLocalTime) ));
}
//------------------------

and here are the results...

c:\temp>date /t & time /t
Tue 18/05/2004
11:18a

c:\temp>datetime
UTC   Tue May 18 11:18:40 GMT+1000 2004
Local Tue May 18 21:18:40 GMT+1000 2004
>UTC  Tue May 18 11:18:40 GMT+1000 2004

I expected that the UTC would read as "Tue May 18 01:18:40 GMT+0000 2004" which is 10 hours behind local time. Instead the getUTCTime() function returns what looks exactly like the local time!

The conversion routines, UTCtoLocalTime() and LocalTimetoUTC() seem to work
okay.

-- 
Derek
18/May/04 11:19:11 AM

On Mon, 17 May 2004 19:35:13 -0500, Carlos Santander B. <carlos8294@msn.com> wrote:
> "Walter" <newshound@digitalmars.com> escribió en el mensaje
> news:c8bgfe$1ap3$2@digitaldaemon.com
> | "Carlos Santander B." <carlos8294@msn.com> wrote in message
> | news:c88niq$51b$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> || std.date is still buggy (at least on Windows). Check this:
> ||
> ||
> || C:\DevTools\d>type datetime.d
> || import std.date;
> ||
> || void main()
> || {
> ||  printf("%.*s\n", toString( getUTCtime() ) );
> || }
> ||
> || C:\DevTools\d>dmd datetime.d
> || C:\DevTools\dmd\bin\..\..\dm\bin\link.exe datetime,,,user32+kernel32/noi;
> ||
> || C:\DevTools\d>datetime
> || Sun May 16 21:42:51 GMT+0000 2004
> ||
> || C:\DevTools\d>date /t   & time /t
> || 2004-05-16
> || 16:42
> ||
> ||
> || In case you don't remember, I'm on GMT-0500 (SA Pacific).
> |
> | I don't understand what the problem is. The program prints UTC, not local
> | time.
>
> Ok, but then how do I get to print local time?

This function gets/prints a local time for me. i.e.

import std.date;

int main () {
	d_time t;
	
	t = getUTCtime();
	printf("%.*s\n",toString(t));
	t = UTCtoLocalTime(t);
	printf("%.*s\n",toString(t));
	t = LocalTimetoUTC(t);
	printf("%.*s\n",toString(t));
	return 0;
}

Outputs:

Tue May 18 13:32:05 GMT+1200 2004
Wed May 19 01:32:05 GMT+1200 2004
Tue May 18 13:32:05 GMT+1200 2004

The first and last times are correct 'localtime's whereas they are supposed to be UTC times, it gets the timezone correct, and adds it for the 'localtime' call but is adding it to an already localtime value so it gets a time 12 hours into the future.

I'm in New Zealand. :)

Regan.

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Maybe getUTCTime() should be renamed as getLocalTime() and then define
getUTCTime() as  ...

d_time getUTCTime()
{
   return getLocalTime() - getLocalTZA();
}

-- 
Derek
18/May/04 11:39:03 AM

"Regan Heath" <regan@netwin.co.nz> escribió en el mensaje
news:opr759e8yn5a2sq9@digitalmars.com
| This function gets/prints a local time for me. i.e.
|
| import std.date;
|
| int main () {
| d_time t;
|
| t = getUTCtime();
| printf("%.*s\n",toString(t));
| t = UTCtoLocalTime(t);
| printf("%.*s\n",toString(t));
| t = LocalTimetoUTC(t);
| printf("%.*s\n",toString(t));
| return 0;
| }
|
| Outputs:
|
| Tue May 18 13:32:05 GMT+1200 2004
| Wed May 19 01:32:05 GMT+1200 2004
| Tue May 18 13:32:05 GMT+1200 2004
|
| The first and last times are correct 'localtime's whereas they are
| supposed to be UTC times, it gets the timezone correct, and adds it for
| the 'localtime' call but is adding it to an already localtime value so it
| gets a time 12 hours into the future.
|
| I'm in New Zealand. :)
|
| Regan.
|
| --
| Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/

Derek, Regan, thanks. I didn't know those functions before.

-----------------------
Carlos Santander Bernal

On Mon, 17 May 2004 21:33:18 -0500, Carlos Santander B. <carlos8294@msn.com> wrote:
> "Regan Heath" <regan@netwin.co.nz> escribió en el mensaje
> news:opr759e8yn5a2sq9@digitalmars.com
> | This function gets/prints a local time for me. i.e.
> |
> | import std.date;
> |
> | int main () {
> | d_time t;
> |
> | t = getUTCtime();
> | printf("%.*s\n",toString(t));
> | t = UTCtoLocalTime(t);
> | printf("%.*s\n",toString(t));
> | t = LocalTimetoUTC(t);
> | printf("%.*s\n",toString(t));
> | return 0;
> | }
> |
> | Outputs:
> |
> | Tue May 18 13:32:05 GMT+1200 2004
> | Wed May 19 01:32:05 GMT+1200 2004
> | Tue May 18 13:32:05 GMT+1200 2004
> |
> | The first and last times are correct 'localtime's whereas they are
> | supposed to be UTC times, it gets the timezone correct, and adds it for
> | the 'localtime' call but is adding it to an already localtime value so it
> | gets a time 12 hours into the future.
> |
> | I'm in New Zealand. :)
> |
> | Regan.
> |
> | --
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>
> Derek, Regan, thanks. I didn't know those functions before.

Have you tried DIDE, it has some phobos docs in it. I found the functions using that.
http://www.atari-soldiers.com/dide.html

Regan.

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Regan Heath wrote:

> On Mon, 17 May 2004 21:33:18 -0500, Carlos Santander B. <carlos8294@msn.com> wrote:
>
>> "Regan Heath" <regan@netwin.co.nz> escribió en el mensaje
>> news:opr759e8yn5a2sq9@digitalmars.com
>> | This function gets/prints a local time for me. i.e.
>> |
>> | import std.date;
>> |
>> | int main () {
>> | d_time t;
>> |
>> | t = getUTCtime();
>> | printf("%.*s\n",toString(t));
>> | t = UTCtoLocalTime(t);
>> | printf("%.*s\n",toString(t));
>> | t = LocalTimetoUTC(t);
>> | printf("%.*s\n",toString(t));
>> | return 0;
>> | }
>> |
>> | Outputs:
>> |
>> | Tue May 18 13:32:05 GMT+1200 2004
>> | Wed May 19 01:32:05 GMT+1200 2004
>> | Tue May 18 13:32:05 GMT+1200 2004
>> |
>> | The first and last times are correct 'localtime's whereas they are
>> | supposed to be UTC times, it gets the timezone correct, and adds it for
>> | the 'localtime' call but is adding it to an already localtime value so it
>> | gets a time 12 hours into the future.
>> |
>> | I'm in New Zealand. :)
>> |
>> | Regan.
>> |
>> | --
>> | Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/
>>
>> Derek, Regan, thanks. I didn't know those functions before.
>
>
> Have you tried DIDE, it has some phobos docs in it. I found the functions using that.
> http://www.atari-soldiers.com/dide.html
>
> Regan.
>
It's available online as well:
http://www.digitalmars.com/d/phobos.html

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