Timestamp (scripting) error -- adds a day!

[avsfan]

Hi,

I've got a script that I use to add version information to dll files, but I don't want the file date changed (which the relevant program does). So, in a foreach loop, I capture the modified date of the file, run the program on the file, and then run the timestamp script command to set the date back to the captured date.

However, when I do this, the date actually jumps forward a day (and it even happens if I do it in the address bar using ::timestamp , "3/23/2016 12:24:33 PM"; -- the time is correct, but the date is set to 3/24/2016 instead of 3/23/2016.

This appears to be a bug to me. Am I correct?

Thanks!

andy

[TheQwerty]

Seems to be caused by the presence of 'PM'.
There's something extremely fishy going on here...

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timestamp , '3/23/2016 12:25:34 AM'; // Sets time to: '3/23/2016 12:25:34 PM'
timestamp , '3/23/2016 12:25:34 PM'; // Sets time to: '3/24/2016 12:25:34 PM'
timestamp , '3/23/2016 2:25:34 PM'; // Sets time to: '3/23/2016 2:25:34 PM'
timestamp , '3/23/2016 2:25:34 AM'; // Sets time to: '3/23/2016 2:25:34 AM'

My suggestion would be to use the ISO format when retrieving the date which should allow you to avoid this complication for the time being:

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yyyy-mm-dd hh:nn:ss.fffffff

[avsfan]

My suggestion would be to use the ISO format when retrieving the date which should allow you to avoid this complication for the time being:

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yyyy-mm-dd hh:nn:ss.fffffff

Thanks for the reply. Looks like I was able to do it using a block like this:

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  foreach($file, "<get SelectedItemsPathNames |>") {
    $tmpdate = property("#date.m",$file);
    run """myCommandStringGoesHere""", ,2,0;
    // timestamp , $tmpdate, $file;  //old way -- didn't work
    timestamp , formatdate ($tmpdate, "yyyy-mm-dd hh:nn:ss"), $file;
  }

Still strange that the other (default) format didn't work...

Thanks again!

andy

[TheQwerty]

Another option would be to retrieve the date in a different format by using Report:

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$tmpdate = Report('{Modified yyyy-mm-dd hh:nn:ss}', $file);

Still strange that the other (default) format didn't work...

Indeed, this definitely looks like a bug.

[avsfan]

Another option would be to retrieve the date in a different format by using Report:

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$tmpdate = Report('{Modified yyyy-mm-dd hh:nn:ss}', $file);

Oh, cool -- I didn't know about that option! Thanks for letting me know!

[admin]

Just to make sure:

12:25:34 AM = 00:25:34
12:25:34 PM = 12:25:34

right?

[TheQwerty]

Just to make sure:

12:25:34 AM = 00:25:34
12:25:34 PM = 12:25:34

right?

Correct

[admin]

Fix comes.