Some date functions supporting also dates prior to 1970

[BarryG]

Thanks, I'll check it out again. There was a post by you there that said it was obsolete, so I ignored it before. Is that no longer the case?

[mk-soft]

With the introduction of C-Backend, probably no more.
Remember that the date values are in UTC. This is important for logging, databases and sorting. That's why I decided to use UTC. Double because of the milliseconds. The decimal places are the milliseconds and the pre-decimal places are the seconds since 1970.

[Andre]

This Date module is great, but it doesn't compile with the C backend because it uses ASM. Is there an alternative Date module that doesn't use ASM so I can compile my app with the C backend? Thanks!

I just stumbled across the same problem. Because of the used ASM in this module I can't compile my whole project with the C-backend....
There is no easy way to have it adapted for use with this backend (using CompilerIf variants of the current code for ASM, and a C-backend compatible version of the Date64() and Date64Info() procedures currently made with ASM code)?

(And I admit that I saw the newer module from mk-soft, but due to my very limited time I wasn't able to delve deeper into it and the necessary reprogramming of my project.... )

[Little John]

@André

DateEx:

• runs with ASM and C backend
• works fine on Windows and Linux
• on Mac OS, functions for current local time and UTC are missing

[mk-soft]

Last module from me ...

Link: Module DateTime - date as Double -Since 1970 (All OS)

[the.weavster]

Don't overlook the fact SQLite's date functions are available to you

[Andre]

Thanks LittleJohn and mk-soft for your modules, I have both stored for later usage

Because of my needs (switching between data values and strings, get/set the date in a CalenderGadget, be compatible with Windows and MacOS) I've now used the DateTime module (mk-soft) and could easily switch from the functions of the Date64 module (this topic) to the new one. Thank you