Date issue Win98 vs NT

[Stan Cook]

Has anyone else had this or a similar problem and is there a workaround?

This piece of code:

from time import gmtime, strftime
_log = _log + "\\" + strftime("%m%d% y", gmtime()) + ".log"

produces a file with the name 'today's date.log' on NT, but creates a file
called 'tomorrow's date.log' on Windows 98. I would really like to know
why this happens. Any help offered is very much appreciated.

Thanks,

Stan

[Christos TZOTZIOY Georgiou]

On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 03:50:10 GMT, rumours say that "Stan Cook"
<sc***@elp.rr.c om> might have written:

Has anyone else had this or a similar problem and is there a workaround? This piece of code: from time import gmtime, strftime
_log = _log + "\\" + strftime("%m%d% y", gmtime()) + ".log" produces a file with the name 'today's date.log' on NT, but creates a file
called 'tomorrow's date.log' on Windows 98. I would really like to know
why this happens. Any help offered is very much appreciated.

Are you by any chance in Austin, Texas?

I could guess that first you tried this code in Windows NT, and later
rebooted to Windows 98. Running your code on Windows 98 happened after
6pm, your local time.

By that time, I think it is already tomorrow in Greenwich, England
(which is what gmtime provides). Try localtime instead (assuming your
timezone is set correctly both in NT and 98).
--
TZOTZIOY, I speak England very best,
Microsoft Security Alert: the Matrix began as open source.

[Stan Cook]

Thanks!! You were right on with that one. I've been working on the program
at home and work. At work with NT and 98 at home. I changed all of the
gmtime references to localtime and everything came out correct.

Thanks again....

Stan
"Christos TZOTZIOY Georgiou" <tz**@sil-tec.gr> wrote in message
news:cb******** *************** *********@4ax.c om...

On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 03:50:10 GMT, rumours say that "Stan Cook"
<sc***@elp.rr.c om> might have written:

Has anyone else had this or a similar problem and is there a workaround?

This piece of code:

from time import gmtime, strftime
_log = _log + "\\" + strftime("%m%d% y", gmtime()) + ".log"

produces a file with the name 'today's date.log' on NT, but creates a filecalled 'tomorrow's date.log' on Windows 98. I would really like to know
why this happens. Any help offered is very much appreciated.

Are you by any chance in Austin, Texas?

I could guess that first you tried this code in Windows NT, and later
rebooted to Windows 98. Running your code on Windows 98 happened after
6pm, your local time.

By that time, I think it is already tomorrow in Greenwich, England
(which is what gmtime provides). Try localtime instead (assuming your
timezone is set correctly both in NT and 98).
--
TZOTZIOY, I speak England very best,
Microsoft Security Alert: the Matrix began as open source.

[Stan Cook]

Thanks!! You were right on with that one. I've been working on the program
at home and work. At work with NT and 98 at home. I changed all of the
gmtime references to localtime and everything came out correct.

Thanks again....

Stan
"Christos TZOTZIOY Georgiou" <tz**@sil-tec.gr> wrote in message
news:cb******** *************** *********@4ax.c om...

On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 03:50:10 GMT, rumours say that "Stan Cook"
<sc***@elp.rr.c om> might have written:

Has anyone else had this or a similar problem and is there a workaround?

This piece of code:

from time import gmtime, strftime
_log = _log + "\\" + strftime("%m%d% y", gmtime()) + ".log"

produces a file with the name 'today's date.log' on NT, but creates a filecalled 'tomorrow's date.log' on Windows 98. I would really like to know
why this happens. Any help offered is very much appreciated.

Are you by any chance in Austin, Texas?

I could guess that first you tried this code in Windows NT, and later
rebooted to Windows 98. Running your code on Windows 98 happened after
6pm, your local time.

By that time, I think it is already tomorrow in Greenwich, England
(which is what gmtime provides). Try localtime instead (assuming your
timezone is set correctly both in NT and 98).
--
TZOTZIOY, I speak England very best,
Microsoft Security Alert: the Matrix began as open source.