Converting GPS timestamp to actual Date / Time

[simon.schvartzman]

As I'm a lazy animal before I start a test & try process I would like to check if anybody has already implemented a routine to convert the timestamp returned by the GPS

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   put mobileSensorReading ("location", true) into tDetails
   put tDetails["timestamp"] into ActTimeStamp
 

to the actual Date & Time. (don't care for the time zone for now)

According to the dictionary (point for me Klaus) :

"timestamp": the time at which the measurement was taken, in seconds since 1970.

But it doesn't specify "since when" in 1970, would it be:

January 1, 1970 00:00:01 or
December 31, 1970 23:59:59 or
Nov 6, 1970 11:32 AM (Neptune enters Sagittarius)

Anyone?

Thanks

[Klaus]

It is: January 1, 1970 00:00:01

[simon.schvartzman]

Thanks Klaus! As most of the times LC positively surprises me making things really easy...

And the answer is:

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put mobileSensorReading ("location", true) into tDetails
put tDetails["timestamp"] into ActTimeStamp
convert ActTimeStamp from seconds to dateItems

[dunbarx]

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