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• Time zone problem? (Score:2)

  by vsergu (505)

  The title I'm getting is "Sun 22 May 2005 08:57:22 PM EDT (Mon, 23 May 2005 08:57:22 GMT)". The difference between EDT and GMT is 4 hours, not 12. But perhaps it's some other EDT you're referring to. (Plus it's confusing to use AM/PM for the EDT times and 24-hour time (apparently) for the GMT.)
  • Re:Time zone problem? (Score:2)

    by TorgoX (1933)

    That's very strange. All the time math is done in your browser, which should ideally know its correct TZ offset. But I'll poke around a bit and see if I'm parsing the date wrong or something. What browser are you using?
    • Re:Time zone problem? (Score:2)

      by vsergu (505) on 2005.05.23 20:55 (#40674) Journal

      Firefox on Linux. That was at work. I just tried it at home, also Firefox on Linux, and it's the same.

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      • Re:Time zone problem? (Score:2)

        by vsergu (505)

        Argh! If the string begins with '0', parseInt() assumes it's octal, and '08' isn't a valid octal number and thus returns 0. Maybe subtracting 0 (as opposed to adding 0, which will just give string concatentaion) is better than using parseInt() when you're converting strings to numbers.
        • Re:Time zone problem? (Score:2)

          by TorgoX (1933)

          D'oh, and just days after I wrote this!!! [perl.org]

          It seems that if I pass an explicit ",10" to parseInt(), it doesn't do that crazy octalification thing. There, fixedified [interglacial.com]!