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Re: Unix Timestamp

  • From: Mike Wiacek
  • Date: Mon Oct 22 20:56:23 2001 
If you are using perl, localtime()

If you are using C, strftime() uses a timezone
struct provided by the c function localtime().
strftime takes printf style arguments, and builds
strings that represent the time for you.

mike


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UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid
things, because that would also stop you from doing
clever things. -- Doug Gwyn

  Mike Wiacek
  Systems Administrator
  Magpage Internet Services
  800-250-2990 Ext 226

On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Brandon Handeland wrote:

>
> Does anyone have a formula to convert a unix time stamp into the current time?
>
> I know it is January 1st, 1970, in UTC format.  Just need some example code.
>
> I'm trying to export some data from a HP/UX box into a MSSQL database and
> need to use the timestamp feature of MSSQL.
>
> Thanks
>
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