Time, CurrentTime & etc

[degacParticipant]

Hi

just found (thanks to Therevills) that CurrentTime() & CurrentDate() are implemented (sort of) in the Class Time.

I have looked at the source code but I have some questions

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I would implement my CurrentDate() function (ala BlitzMax, so 02 jul 2016 as returned string). As some fields are Private I can’t (without changing the main source code) create a thing like this (or I didn’t found the correct way to do it)

I’ve hacked the CurrentDate() function in BlitzMax to use the standard Posix (I believe it’s called so) use of %d %m %Y to use them in combination

I suspect I need to buid something for my own, no a big problem

2.

Looking at the source code I found this in the comment for the documentation

Monkey

#rem monkeydoc Overloaded compare operator. Time x is 'less than' time y if time x represents a time 'earlier' than time y. #end Operator<=>:Int( time:Time ) Return libc.difftime( _timer,time._timer )<=>0 End

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#rem monkeydoc Overloaded compare operator.   Time x is 'less than' time y if time x represents a time 'earlier' than time y.   #end Operator<=>:Int( time:Time ) Return libc.difftime( _timer,time._timer )<=>0 End

Any example of this operator should work?

3.

And what does  mean the @hidden parameter in the #rem comment

Monkey

#rem monkeydoc @hidden Time class. #end

1 2	#rem monkeydoc @hidden Time class. #end

In the documentation there’s no reference about the fieds/properties Hour, Minutes, etc so I can think that this @hidden parameter it’s related.

Or I’m wrong?

 

ps: I know there is a .ToString() method and I can extract the info I need, it’s only to learn a bit MX2 code (and its limitations).

Monkey

Function CurrentDate:String() Local t:Time=Time.Now() Local ts:String=t.ToString() Return ts.Slice(4,15) End Function CurrentTime:String() Local t:Time=Time.Now() Local ts:String=t.ToString() Return ts.Slice(15,25) End

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Function CurrentDate:String() Local t:Time=Time.Now() Local ts:String=t.ToString() Return ts.Slice(4,15) End   Function CurrentTime:String() Local t:Time=Time.Now() Local ts:String=t.ToString() Return ts.Slice(15,25) End

Hi

[Mark SiblyKeymaster]

Time is ‘@hidden’ because it needs more work. See my blog entry re: hidden stuff.

In particular, I want to implement a ‘TimeSpan’ or ‘DeltaTime’ struct to go along with ‘Time’ (for use with +/- operators) but this needs a bit more thought/planning.

So use at your own risk! The interface will probably remain much the same but the implementation could change…

[degacParticipant]

Thanks!

I’ll keep track of future changes on this.

[degacParticipant]

How I can convert a Unix Timestamp (the value returned from GetFileTime() for example) in a ‘human ready thing’?
I tried to toy around with Time Class, tried to convert blitzmax code to MX2, but it seems I can’t convert a Ulong to anything needed in Time.

ps: about the Time Class I suggest
* add some methods to convert from/to timestamp
* make days/months public as anyone should get a ‘local’ (=in their own language) date/time
* add STRFTIME support… it is so useful to get ‘date/time’ in the own/required string format

Unfortunately I get stuck with type conversion between time-class & etc

[nerobotParticipant]

(I’ve removed previous post)

Hm. Work with time isn’t trivial because of leap year.

IMO, the easiest way is to extend ‘time’ module to get values directly from c++.

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