Timestamps and php

Timestamps and php

[Xavier Maillard]

Hi,

Using a XML-RPC call, I am returned this information:

:datetime (19198 34091)

I'd like this to be transformed in something I can read. I know
encode/decode functions but I don't know how I can display the
result using format-time-string. Any idea ?

While at it, how can I convert a date into a "PHP timestamp"
which, as far as I know, looks like 1258190619.0.

Thank you.

	Xavier
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Re: Timestamps and php

[tomas]

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On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 01:24:38AM +0100, Xavier Maillard wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Using a XML-RPC call, I am returned this information:
> 
> :datetime (19198 34091)
> 
> I'd like this to be transformed in something I can read. I know
> encode/decode functions but I don't know how I can display the
> result using format-time-string. Any idea ?

(format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" (current-time) t)
  => "2009-11-15 06:14:49"

[That's in UTC -- see the function doc for tons and tons of options]

> While at it, how can I convert a date into a "PHP timestamp"
> which, as far as I know, looks like 1258190619.0.

Whatever a "PHP timestamp" may be, but it looks a lot like the number of
seconds since the Epoch. You might give the function float-time a try.

Regards
- -- tomás
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[SOLVED] Re: Timestamps and php

[Xavier Maillard]

Hi,

   On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 01:24:38AM +0100, Xavier Maillard wrote:
   > Hi,
   > 
   > Using a XML-RPC call, I am returned this information:
   > 
   > :datetime (19198 34091)
   > 
   > I'd like this to be transformed in something I can read. I know
   > encode/decode functions but I don't know how I can display the
   > result using format-time-string. Any idea ?

   (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" (current-time) t)
     => "2009-11-15 06:14:49"

I know why I was into trouble, I passed a decoded time (via
decode-time) which gave weird results. I did not read the
docstring carefully...

   [That's in UTC -- see the function doc for tons and tons of options]

   > While at it, how can I convert a date into a "PHP timestamp"
   > which, as far as I know, looks like 1258190619.0.

   Whatever a "PHP timestamp" may be, but it looks a lot like the number of
   seconds since the Epoch. You might give the function float-time a try.

I did not notice this function before. Thank you very much !

	Xavier
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