the convert command again

[wouter]

> From: wouter <wouter.abraham at pi.be>
> Date: don apr 10, 2003  14:55:40 Europe/Brussels
> To: metacard at lists.runrev.com
> Subject: the convert command
>
> Hi all,
>
> Working on some time-related routines, I was confronted with a "quirk" 
> of the convert command. As this is not mentioned in the MetaTalk 
> Reference nor in the Revolution Transcript Language Dictionary I throw 
> this one on the list.
> Try this script with timezone settings for one place with and one 
> without observing DST (daylight saving time or local summer time)
>
> on mouseUp
>   put the long time & cr into fld "result"  -- reference
>   get the long time
>   put it into it2
>   convert it to long time
>   put it & cr after fld "result"
>   convert it2 to dateitems
>   convert it2 to long time
>   put it2 after fld "result"
> end mouseUp
>
> If the timezone is set to Chicago - USA then the output  is for 
> example :
> 7:32:48 AM
> 7:32:48 AM
> 7:32:48 AM
>
> if the timezone is set to  Brussels - Belgium (which is observing DST 
> for the moment) then the output is :
> 2:35:09 PM
> 3:35:09 PM
> 4:35:09 PM
>
> So this quirk can come in handy to determine if the computer is 
> observing DST or not. But for converting back and forth one should be 
> careful.
>
> Have a nice whatever,
> WA


Hi all again,

Forgot to mention this is on a Mac OS X system, as it seems to do it 
only on Mac OS X.

Sorry and have a nice whatever again,

WA