datetime

How reliable is DateTime.UtcNow in Silverlight applications?

I have a silverlight application which users will be running in various time zones. These applications load their data from the server upon start up, then cache it in IsolatedStorage. When I make changes to the data on the server, I want to be able to change the "last updated time" so that all silverlight clients download the newest da...

current_date casting

Hi. string selectSql = "update " + table + " set state_" + mode + "_id=1 WHERE stoping_" + mode + " < current_date;"; when i call current_date, it return yyyy-MM-dd format, but i want to return dd.MM.yyyy format, how can i do that. please help. my program works fine when i am trying string selectSql = "update " + table + " set state...

I need to calculate the date / time difference between one date time column

Details. I have the notes table having the following columns. ID - INT(3) Date - DateTime Note - VARCHAR(100) Tile - Varchar(100) UserName - Varchar(100) Now this table will be having NOTES along with the Titles entered by UserName on the specified date / time. I need to calculate the DateTimeDifference between t...

UTC and Universal Time

In C#, what is the difference between UTC and Universal Time? What are the fuctions available? ...

C# seconds since specific date

In C# 3.0, how do I get the seconds since 1/1/2010? ...

.ics Calendar File - Parsing Date Time - What is the time format?

I am coding in php, attempting to get the start\end dates and times for events. I am utilizing the following RegEx for parsing out the information: $pattern='/(?P<StartDate>[0-9]{8})T(?P<StartTime>[0-9]{6}) .+(?P<EndDate>[0-9]{8})T(?P<EndTime>[0-9]{6})/'; The sample event entry is here: BEGIN:VEVENT UID:34b09fd7-8e6e-4d56-86b0-445745...

Can ActionScript tell when a SWF was published?

I'd like to write a little class that adds a Day/Month box showing the date a SWF was published from Flash. The company I work for regularly produces many, many SWFs and many versions of each, iterating over the course of months. A version-tracking system we've been using to communicate with our clients is a Day/Month date-box that give...

Date time validation in vb.net

Can anyone help me on how can I validate given DateTime between two DateTime using vb.net? the given DateTime must not in between the two DateTime.. ...

JavaScript readable date/time from PHP's time()

Is it possible to have JavaScript compute a timestamp returned from PHP's time() function and present it in a readable format such as "Sun, 18th April 2010 at 4:00 pm"? ...

How to change the date/time in Python for all modules?

When I write with business logic, my code often depends on the current time. For example the algorithm which looks at each unfinished order and checks if an invoice should be sent (which depends on the no of days since the job was ended). In these cases creating an invoice is not triggered by an explicit user action but by a background j...

i have a date (eg: 2010-04-17 ) i need the date of after 20 days from this date

i have a date (eg: 2010-04-17 ) i need the date of after 20 days from this date How to get the date after 20 days i.e next month some date. either in sql or in c# ...

Python datetime not including DST when using pytz timezone

If I convert a UTC datetime to swedish format, summertime is included (CEST). However, while creating a datetime with sweden as the timezone, it gets CET instead of CEST. Why is this? >>> # Modified for readability >>> import pytz >>> import datetime >>> sweden = pytz.timezone('Europe/Stockholm') >>> >>> datetime.datetime(2010, 4, 20, 1...

Calculate hours difference in datetime

I have a series of datetime values. I want to select records with a difference of 2 or more hours between them. 2010-02-11 08:55:00.000 2010-02-11 10:45:00.000 2010-02-11 10:55:00.000 2010-02-11 12:55:00.000 2010-02-11 14:52:00.000 2010-02-11 16:55:00.000 2010-02-11 17:55:00.000 2010-02-11 23:55:00.000 2010-02-12 00:55:00.000 2010-02-1...

Formatting time in milliseconds using boost::date_time library

I have a time duration in milliseconds which I ideally would like to format using the formatting functionality present in the boost::date_time library. However, after creating a boost::posix_time::time_duration I can't seem to find a way to actually apply the formatting string to it. ...

Date format broken in .net 4.0 for uk format

I'm in the process of converting a couple of sites up to .net 4.0 and I seem to have a problem with regionalisaion of dates. This code: Date.Today.AddDays((Date.Today.DayOfWeek - 1) * -1).ToString() In .net 3.5 produces: '19/04/2010 00:00:00' but as soon as I change the app pool to 4.0 it produces: '4/19/2010 12:00:00 AM' Where can...

Classic ASP Site Throwing Date Conversion Error After Moving Servers?

I am moving an old store from a Win2003 IIS6 server to a Win2008 IIS7 server, moved everything across including database. The front end seems to work just fine, but when I login it has to do pull in data based on date ranges and now from no where I am getting this error? The conversion of a varchar data type to a datetime data type resu...

Date format error in vb.net ?

I get this error when I run the application Incorrect syntax near 12, on debugging I found that this error is caused due to the # along with the date. Dim backdate as datetime backdate = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1) on binding the data to the grid to filter the backdate records this error is caused Incorrect syntax near 12. myqry = " s...

Change content based on season with ColdFusion

For ColdFusion I would like to use a cfswitch statement to have different code for each season of the year. For example to display <p>Winter</p> for winter and <p>Summer</p> for summer, etc. What is the best approach to achieve this? ...

Format relative dates

Is there a ruby gem that will format dates relative to the current time? I want output like "Tomorrow at 5pm", "Thursday next week at 5:15pm", I'm not too concerned about the exact output, just as long as it's relative dates in natural language ...

TimeZone#setDefault() on application server with JDK 1.6

What happens if #setDefault(TimeZone timezone) is called by a concurrent application running on the same application server with JDK 1.6 As discussed in TimeZone #setDefault changes in JDK 6 the call now changes VM wide, this can have horrible consequences. If you're not adminsitrating the application server, how to ensure TimeZone doe...