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Another date time format
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26/08/2004 19:14:09
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
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Visual FoxPro
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Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
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00936800
Message ID:
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>>>I have this date time format:
>>>
>>>2004-08-25T18:36:52Z
>>>
>>>Is there a way to convert that into a datetime VFP format without having to load a dozen of libraries? :)
>>
>>The Z is for Zulu time, I have a program, to convert from it, let me try to find it.
>
>"Zulu" is a name for UTC / GMT, right?

For the love of God, I wrote too many tests with involving time, I can not found the one I did for "Zulu"...

Yes, Hilmar, Zulu is the "Military" format of the GMT
Zulu Time Format - a date and time string in the format YYYYMMDDhhmmssZ where:

    YYYY is a 4 digit year
    MM - is a 2 digit month
    DD - is a 2 digit day of the month
    hh - is a 2 digit hour in 24 hour format
    mm - is 2 digit minute
    ss - is a 2 digit second
    Z - is the literal letter Z and means that the time in the GMT/Zulu time zone

Zulu Date Format - a date string in the format YYYYMMDDZ where:

    YYYY is a 4 digit year
    MM - is a 2 digit month
    DD - is a 2 digit day of the month
    Z - is the literal letter Z and means that the date is the GMT/Zulu time zone
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