[FX.php List] [Off] Obtaining daylight vs standard time within FileMaker

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

http://www.filemaker.com/company/contact/feature_request.html

2010/11/20 Troy Meyers <tcmeyers at troymeyers.com>:
> ggt,
>
> Yes, I do make my own date, a simple calculation for the correct formatting. I just needed a reliable method to determine the time zone atom, in my case either -0700 or -0800 depending on whether it is Daylight or Standard time. In the US they have changed the shift-date scheme a few times, and by getting it from the OS I don't have to worry about maintaining a date calculation that might become obsolete.
>
> The shell date call to the OS is working fine! I just hated to have to use yet another plugin. I guess I was wishing for Get(CurrentTimeZone) in FileMaker. To me it doesn't seem unreasonable.
>
> -Troy
>
>
>> Why don’t you just make your own date? I do not understand why you try
>> to use a date that is already there?
>>
>> ggt
>
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