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Shadow:
Is there a way to convert 10 Oct 03 2052 into time measured in the number of seconds since the Unix Epoch?

Thanks,
Shadow

Spaceman-Spiff:
http://www.4webhelp.net/us/timestamp.php

writeto:
The only way I know is it have an array storing the number of seconds in a month. Having a const variable with the seconds in an hour, minute, day and a year.

Then :
Adding all the number of years since January 1, 1970 * 31536000.
Adding all the month predessing current using the array.
Adding all the days before current * 86400.
Adding the hours, minutes and seconds.
Checking for leap year for everyyear and adding 86400seconds for everyyear that was a leap year.

I do not know an easier way. If you tell me the language you need this in AND you can not do it yourself I can see if I have the time to write this for you.

Andrew

Spaceman-Spiff:
if it's php that you want, then use the function mktime

writeto:
Sorry I wasn't thinking this is a php scripting forum. If you are using PHP then combining mktime and date will easily accomplish this. There are also easier way to do this in various languages including C++, Basic... I was just providing a catch all.

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