datelivecodeseconds

Dates before 1970

Could anyone please tell me why Livecode does not convert years before 1970 to seconds?

This works:

on mouseUp
   put "March 14, 1970" into tDate
   convert tDate to seconds
   put tDate
end mouseUp

but this doesn't work:

on mouseUp
   put "March 14, 1961" into tDate
   convert tDate to seconds
   put tDate
end mouseUp

What am I missing?

Solution

  • That is because it uses the Unix Time Stamp. The Unix Time Stamp counts up every second, since the 1st of January 1970. So, dates before 1970 can't be displayed. On this website, you can get the live Unix Time Stamp and learn more about it: https://www.unixtimestamp.com/

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