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     Re: JS Object save_msg()   
     By: deon to Digital Man on Tue Dec 17 2024 02:50 pm   
      
    > Hey DM,   
    >   
    > Need some clarification - I've noticed an unexpected date when saving a   
    > message (when called from CLI jsexec - havent checked when the terminal   
    > server calling the script).   
    >   
    > I'm calling save_msg(), using a header with a date that has:   
    >   
    > RFC-822 format (as per the https://synchro.net/docs/jsobjs.html), and that   
    > results in a message time of:   
    >   
    > date = strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %I:%M:%S %z",time());   
    > // Tue, 17 Dec 2024 02:32:19 +1100   
      
   MsgBase.save_msg() will using the current date/time and time zone when saving   
   a message. You have a reason to not do this?   
      
    > (I know time() is implied with strftime()).   
    >   
    > when_written     67604803 0294 Tue Dec 17 02:32:19 2024 UTC+11:00   
    > when_imported    6760F0C3 0000 Tue Dec 17 14:32:19 2024 UTC   
    >   
    > I also know time() is returning the correct epoch time (I've compared it   
    > with https://www.epochconverter.com/)   
    >   
    > a) Shouldnt the strftime() call return "14:32:19 +1100" - which would fix   
    > the when_written value. (The message renders with a "written 12hrs ago"   
    > statement).   
      
   You shouldn't use the 'date' property unless you have to. Either use the   
   default (current date/time and zone) are set the when_written_time and   
   when_written_zone header fields instead.   
      
    > b) Shouldnt the when_imported by "02:32:19 UTC" (if it is recording   
    > timestamps in UTC, or 14:32:19 UTC+1100 if rendering local time)?   
    >   
    > c) AU is GMT+11 right now (summer time, normally GMT+10), so system time is   
    > 14:32 - not sure when strftime is returning 02:32 (12 hrs earlier)   
    >   
    > Incidently, I used %Z in the strftime() call (instead of %z), which results   
    > in AEDT (right now) - and it resulted in a when_written of:   
    >   
    > when_written     3A24FDD0 0000 Thu Nov 30 00:00:00 2000 UTC   
    >   
    > date = strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %I:%M:%S %Z");   
    > // Tue, 17 Dec 2024 02:28:01 AEDT   
    >   
    > I guess save_msg() date parsing doesnt understand AEDT?   
      
   No, it doesn't.   
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