RE: 00:00:00 or 24:00:00

24:00 implies duration, meaning midnight at the end of the day. 00:00
implies no duration, meaning
midnight at the beginning of the day.

So your assumption that 01 Jan 2000 24:00 is really the same as 02 Jan 2000
00:00 is correct.
And the standard says they are the same. :) I don't believe that 01 Jan
2000 00:00 and 01 Jan 2000 24:00
will compare to be equal, though it would be cool if someone had time to
test it.

-Paul



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> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter.Colpaert@xxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 3:24 AM
> To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: 00:00:00 or 24:00:00
>
> Hi group,
>
> we're having a bit of a discussion here regarding time.
>
> One of our processes involves parsing a directory listing of a windows
> shared drive, and there are 6 files which cause problems.
>
> These files have an entry in the listing as follows:
>
> 01/01/2000 12:00a 438,082 GN0229084.JPG
>
> The listing is parsed by two different programs (one made by me, the
> other
> made several years ago by another developer).
>
> His program (using pre-bif methods) returns the time as 00:00:00,
> whereas
> mine (using the %time built-in function) returns 24:00:00
>
> First of all, I'd like to know whether January 1, 2000 00:00:00 is the
> same as January 1, 2000 24:00:00 (I would think that the latter
> actually
> means January 2).
>
> Second, which one is correct?
>
> Considering that the listing is using *USA time notation, I'm hoping
> you
> guys from across the pond can point me in the right direction.
>
> My suggestion to my project leader is to manually update the timestamp
> to
> 1 minute past midnight, and avoid the discussion altogether (what are
> the
> chances of new documents having a timestamp of midnight anyway)
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Peter Colpaert
> Application Developer
> PLI - IT - Kontich, Belgium
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