Date Compression

[ktg024]

Hi All,

How can i Convert or compress the time(e.g 23:10:23 ) into single byte.

i am in knife edge plz........... help me.......

Thanks in advance :)

[weaknessforcats]

No can do. There are not enough bits in a byte to do this.

You need:
1) 5 bits for the hour
2) 6 bits for the minutes
3) 6 bits for the seconds

There are only 8 bits in a byte. That is, regardless of your compression technique, a byte can hold only 256 combonations.

[JosAH]

Even if you use something better than 6:6:5 bits there are still 60x24 == 1440
minutes in a 24 hour day and a byte still can't store them all. Maybe if you want
to lose a bit of resolution you can store a day worth of minutes using a ~6 minute
granularity.

kind regards,

Jos