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Trouble with wiki llgetGMTclock function
Dave Moreau
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Join date: 22 Dec 2004
Posts: 29
07-30-2005 07:34
Hi guys,
I'm having problems with the function on this page:
http://secondlife.com/badgeo/wakka.php?wakka=llGetGMTclock

When I use certain time offsets, the function returns odd times with negative or wrong values such as -1:-13:-2 PM (in non-military) and -30:-35:-24 etc in military.

Can anyone possibly work out how to fix this? I really need a function that will let me get times in different timezones.

Thanks!
Minsk Oud
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Join date: 12 Jul 2005
Posts: 85
07-30-2005 08:07
Just glancing at it, replacing the top part should fix it. It looks like the code initially defined raw as with no timezone adjustment, and was changed later. Try (have not compiled or tested this, but is a fairly trivial fix):

CODE

string clock(float timezone, integer military)
{
    integer shiftraw = (integer)(llGetGMTclock() + (timezone * 3600));
    
    if (shiftraw >= 86400) shiftraw -= 86400;
    else if (shiftraw < 0) shiftraw += 86400;

    integer hours = shiftraw / 3600;
    ...
Another bug is that both times will use an hour zero starting at midnight, which is only correct in military time (non-military should display 12:xx:xx PM for that first hour, toss a check into the non-military if-statement if you care). My change does prevent "24:00:00" appearing in military time with a positive timezone offset.

Chris
Minsk Oud
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Join date: 12 Jul 2005
Posts: 85
07-30-2005 16:50
Sorry about the double-post, but having just dropped a lump of code in the Wiki I would appreciate confirmation that it works for other people.

http://secondlife.com/badgeo/wakka.php?wakka=LibraryMilliTime
Strife Onizuka
Moonchild
Join date: 3 Mar 2004
Posts: 5,887
07-30-2005 18:46
*Twitches uncontrolably at the name of the page*
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