Chris Gray asked 2 years ago
I’ve got the date/time example working but cannot find a way to get individual numbers or substrings. The project needs to reset itself at midnight, So I tried looking for a change in day. Generally, I’d like to make use of the individual time/date data variables. Can anyone help?
Sara Santos Staff answered 2 years ago
Hi.
One of our readers published a sample code some time ago that can help.
Here it is: https://gist.github.com/Tech500/bc4bd77a357b8d401cd13487ef6de800
Regards,
Sara
Chris Gray answered 2 years ago
Hi Sara, I will work through it during this week when time allows.
I’ve had a brief look but need a spare evening to get to grips.
Thank you
Sara Santos Staff answered 2 years ago
Don’t worry.
Take your time.
Get back if you need further help.
Regards,
Sara
Chris Gray answered 2 years ago
It runs to the point of waiting for the first valid timestamp, and then continues waiting. I think it might only work in the US. There is a link to more clues about the time zone, though they are just clues to me!
Sara Santos Staff answered 2 years ago
Hi.
What do you mean?
Did you define the TZ variable to use your own timezone?
Regards,
Sara
Chris Gray answered 2 years ago
No I didn’t change that to UK other than trying to fiddle the numbers. I looked at the supporting document but I’m afraid I could not see how to apply my time zone. Is that essential?
Sara Santos Staff answered 2 years ago
You can easily find the timezone string here:https://github.com/nayarsystems/posix_tz_db/blob/master/zones.csv
If your timezone is London, this is what you should use:
GMT0BST,M3.5.0/1,M10.5.0