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Format of timestamp field in VCX
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19/03/2010 09:18:39
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP1
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01455694
Message ID:
01455701
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I assumed there should have been this question asked before, but to be honest I started my search from fox.wikis.com

I think I will need to update topic where I found a reference to timestamp to a reference to Calvin's blog.

>Thank you ... guess I didn't look back far enough.
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>>>Anybody know what the format is of the TimeStamp field in a VCX or SCX?
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>>Check Re: Decode VCX timestamp? Thread #1098675 Message #1098679
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>>MSDN Reference
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>>http://blogs.msdn.com/calvin_hsia/archive/2005/01/21/358339.aspx
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>>PROCEDURE DecodeTimeStamp(nTimestamp as Number) as Datetime && see http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sysinfo/base/filetimetodosdatetime.asp 
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>>      nDate=BITRSHIFT(nTimestamp,16)
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>>      nTime=BITAND(nTimestamp,2^16-1)
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>>      
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>>      nYear=BITAND(BITRSHIFT(nDate,9),2^8-1)+1980
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>>      nMonth=BITAND(BITRSHIFT(nDate,5),2^4-1)
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>>      nDay=BITAND(nDate,2^5-1)
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>> 
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>>      nHr=BITAND(BITRSHIFT(nTime,11),2^5-1)
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>>      nMin=BITAND(BITRSHIFT(nTime,5),2^6-1)
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>>      nSec=BITAND(nTime,2^5-1)
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>> 
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>>      RETURN DATETIME(nYear,nMonth,nDay,nHr,nMin,nSec)
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>>RETURN 
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>>
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