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Re: Dates as numbers in BASIC

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From	Andrew Conroy <a.m.conroy@owlart.co.uk>
Subject	Re: Dates as numbers in BASIC
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Date	Wed, 26 Jun 2019 23:05:46 +0100
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In article <57ca5d74e5a.m.conroy@owlart.co.uk>,
   Andrew Conroy <a.m.conroy@owlart.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <0cb5c9c957.harriet@blueyonder.co.uk>,
>    Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> wrote:
> > On 25 Jun 2019 as I do recall,
> >           Kevin Wells  wrote:

> > > Hi
> > >
> > > How can you get the month as a number instead of the 3 letter
> > > shorterned name e.g?
> > >
> > > 06 instread of Jun

> >  Use OS_Word 14 to read the computer's clock as a 5-byte time value,
> >  then pass the resulting area of memory to OS_ConvertDateAndTime.

> > The format string for a three-letter shortened month name is %M3 and
> > for the month in numbers is %MN - see manuals.

> Or OS_ConvertDateAndTime or, better still,
> Territory_ConvertTimeToOrdinals to convert any 5 byte time block rather
> than just the current time. You'll then have to parse the result to get
> just the month.


There's also Territory_TimeStringToOrdinals which might be easier. Feed
in a dummy time string with the desired month in it, and back comes the
month number at offset &14 in the buffer.

Andrew

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Dates as numbers in BASIC Kevin Wells <kev@kevsoft.co.uk> - 2019-06-25 18:09 +0100
  Re: Dates as numbers in BASIC "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2019-06-25 18:45 +0100
  Re: Dates as numbers in BASIC Paul Oates <oatespaul@btinternet.com> - 2019-06-25 19:00 +0100
    Re: Dates as numbers in BASIC news@sprow.co.uk - 2019-06-27 05:47 -0700
      Re: Dates as numbers in BASIC Kevin Wells <kev@kevsoft.co.uk> - 2019-06-29 12:23 +0100
      Re: Dates as numbers in BASIC jgh@mdfs.net - 2019-07-03 11:47 -0700
  Re: Dates as numbers in BASIC Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2019-06-25 19:25 +0100
    Re: Dates as numbers in BASIC Andrew Conroy <a.m.conroy@owlart.co.uk> - 2019-06-26 22:19 +0100
      Re: Dates as numbers in BASIC Andrew Conroy <a.m.conroy@owlart.co.uk> - 2019-06-26 23:05 +0100
        Re: Dates as numbers in BASIC Alan Adams <alan@adamshome.org.uk> - 2019-06-27 12:08 +0100
          Re: Dates as numbers in BASIC Alan Adams <alan@adamshome.org.uk> - 2019-06-27 13:32 +0100

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