[Gambas-user] Best way converting dates into strings forth and back

[Jussi Lahtinen]

Benoit, you misunderstand what I mean.



> "12/10/2021 20:27 UTC" is different from "12/10/2021 19:27 UTC", so they
> are not the same date/time.


Of course, but they both are the result of converting the same *local*
date "10.12.2021
22:27" into UTC.



> If you store the same date/time in an UTC string representation, you
> will have the same string, otherwise it is not the same date/time.
>

Yes, Cstr(CDate("12/10/2021 22:27")) = "12/10/2021 22:27". I know this.
But it solves nothing, because still the second case applies.




> When you use the expression "the same date in UTC", you show that you
> are confusing dates with their string representation.
>

Of course I meant the same date converted into UTC.


My full explanation of how dates work in Gambas is at:
> https://gambaswiki.org/wiki/doc/date
>
> I strongly suggest that you read it carefully.
>

Done, many times. Two times again today. It does not say anything about
what I'm talking about.


Jussi
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