Tcl CLOCK function

[Michael Lacriola]

I want to be able to convert a date/time stamp into a string like below that would include the time as well. If I add the time on the end of the string in either HHMM or HHMMSS format, the proc fails. Any ideas? I’m interested in getting the Day, Month and CST (or CDT) portion of the returned string (0,1, and 4 if treating like a list).

Notice that 20120311 was the time change date but CST is correct for 00:00:00, but not for 03:00:00. That is why I need the time included.

tcl>set dt 20120311

20120311

tcl>

tcl>clock format [clock scan $dt]

Sun Mar 11 00:00:00 CST 2012

tcl>

tcl>set dt 201203111234

201203111234

tcl>

tcl>clock format [clock scan $dt]

Error: unable to convert date-time string “201203111234”

tcl>

tcl>set dt 20120311123456

20120311123456

tcl>

tcl>clock format [clock scan $dt]

Error: unable to convert date-time string “20120311123456”

tcl>

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[James Cobane]

Mike,

Whenever you use the clock scan function, you need to separate the date and time with a space; then it should work.

hcitcl>set dt “20120311 1234”

20120311 1234

hcitcl>clock format [clock scan $dt]

Sun Mar 11 12:34:00 EDT 2012

Hope this helps.

Jim Cobane

Henry Ford Health

[Michael Lacriola]

Excellent. Thanks.

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