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DateTime Calculation Problems
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19/03/1999 03:04:41
Cetin Basoz
Engineerica Inc.
Izmir, Turkey
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Visual FoxPro
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Other
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00199527
Message ID:
00199689
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>>I've noticed that Calculations involving DateTime Values combined with INT, MOD or / sometimes act strangely
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>>For Example:
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>>I've observed the following:
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>>X = {04/22/1999 16:00:00} - {04/22/1999 15:00:00})
>>?INT(X/60)
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>>X = ROUND({04/22/1999 16:00:00} - {04/22/1999 15:00:00}, 2)
>>?INT(X/60)
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>>The First result yields the incorrect number of 59
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>>The Second pass yields a correct number of 60.
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>>I suspect that the problem has to do with how VFP internally handles precision as regards to datetime calculations.
>>
>>Marshal Rosenberg
>>Marshal_Rosenberg@Compuserve.Com
>Yes, Datetime is a real value expressed as Date + (seconds/86400) in calculations. So division precision affects the result.
X = {04/22/1999 16:00:00} - {04/22/1999 15:00:00}
>? x*1.0000000  && Would give 3599.999999
>? int(x*1.00) && Would give 3599
>? int(int(x)/60) && Would give 60
>? int(int(x*1.00)/60) && Would give 59
>X = int({04/22/1999 16:00:00} - {04/22/1999 15:00:00})
>? int(x/60) && Would give 60
Cetin

Hi Cetin,

Thanks for your help.
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