Unix Time Stamp

[Shahid Juma]

Hi,

I am trying to replicate the Unix Timestamp,speci fically the function
mktime() in Vbscript, ASP. I have the following so far:

ThisTime = DateSerial(2004 , 9, 27) + TimeSerial(0, 0, 0)
response.write DateDiff("s", "12/31/1969 00:00:00", ThisTime)

This returns the timestamp: 1096329600, and when you decode that it comes
to: 27 Sep 2004 20:00. I want to set the time too, ie. show for example: 27
Sep 2004 16:15

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Shahid
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[Andrew Urquhart]

Re: Unix Time Stamp

*Shahid Juma* wrote in microsoft.publi c.inetserver.as p.general:[color=blue]
> I am trying to replicate the Unix Timestamp,speci fically the function
> mktime() in Vbscript, ASP. I have the following so far:
>
> ThisTime = DateSerial(2004 , 9, 27) + TimeSerial(0, 0, 0)
> response.write DateDiff("s", "12/31/1969 00:00:00", ThisTime)
>
> This returns the timestamp: 1096329600, and when you decode that it comes
> to: 27 Sep 2004 20:00. I want to set the time too, ie. show for example: 27
> Sep 2004 16:15
>
> Any ideas?[/color]

Why not just invoke a JScript function from within your VBScript since
JScript dates follow the same Unix format (AFAIK)?

<script language="JScri pt" runat="server">
function GetUnixTime(str Date) {
if (strDate) {
return new Date(strDate).v alueOf();
}
else {
return 0;
}
}
</script>
<%=GetUnixTime( "Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:45:28 GMT")%>

(not tested)
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[Shahid Juma]

Re: Unix Time Stamp


"Andrew Urquhart" <useWebsiteInSi gnatureToReply@ com.invalid> wrote in
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> *Shahid Juma* wrote in microsoft.publi c.inetserver.as p.general:[color=green]
> > I am trying to replicate the Unix Timestamp,speci fically the function
> > mktime() in Vbscript, ASP. I have the following so far:
> >
> > ThisTime = DateSerial(2004 , 9, 27) + TimeSerial(0, 0, 0)
> > response.write DateDiff("s", "12/31/1969 00:00:00", ThisTime)
> >
> > This returns the timestamp: 1096329600, and when you decode that it[/color][/color]
comes[color=blue][color=green]
> > to: 27 Sep 2004 20:00. I want to set the time too, ie. show for example:[/color][/color]
27[color=blue][color=green]
> > Sep 2004 16:15
> >
> > Any ideas?[/color]
>
> Why not just invoke a JScript function from within your VBScript since
> JScript dates follow the same Unix format (AFAIK)?
>
> <script language="JScri pt" runat="server">
> function GetUnixTime(str Date) {
> if (strDate) {
> return new Date(strDate).v alueOf();
> }
> else {
> return 0;
> }
> }
> </script>
> <%=GetUnixTime( "Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:45:28 GMT")%>
>
> (not tested)
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Thanks, that did work, however, it returns back a value that is 13 in
length. In PHP,it returns it with length of 10. I just took the first 10 and
it did work. Is there any other way? Besides doing it this way?

Thanks,
Shahid

[Andrew Urquhart]

Re: Unix Time Stamp

*Shahid Juma* wrote in microsoft.publi c.inetserver.as p.general:[color=blue]
> Thanks, that did work, however, it returns back a value that is 13 in
> length. In PHP,it returns it with length of 10. I just took the first 10 and
> it did work.[/color]

That's the difference between seconds and milliseconds
[color=blue]
> Is there any other way? Besides doing it this way?[/color]

http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2219

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[Shahid Juma]

Re: Unix Time Stamp

A follow up to this question...

How do I convert it back and print the date, basically decode it.

Shahid

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> *Shahid Juma* wrote in microsoft.publi c.inetserver.as p.general:[color=green]
> > Thanks, that did work, however, it returns back a value that is 13 in
> > length. In PHP,it returns it with length of 10. I just took the first 10[/color][/color]
and[color=blue][color=green]
> > it did work.[/color]
>
> That's the difference between seconds and milliseconds
>[color=green]
> > Is there any other way? Besides doing it this way?[/color]
>
> http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2219
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[Andrew Urquhart]

Re: Unix Time Stamp

*Shahid Juma* wrote:[color=blue]
> A follow up to this question...
>
> How do I convert it back and print the date, basically decode it.[/color]

In JScript (and javascript) the date object can take a unix integer date
as the constructor parameter in addition to the various string inputs.

E.g.: var objDate = new Date(1096925521 646); // Argument is in ms, not s

If your value is in seconds, multiple it first by 1000 to get the
required milliseconds input value. After creating the date object you
can format it using the plethora of available date methods. However,
one of the quickest ways of getting a string result is to use:

var strDate = objDate.toUTCSt ring();

For the list of date methods see:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/script56/html/js56jsobjdate.asp?FRAME=true#js56jsobjdatemeth

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