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DateTime_From_TimeStamp ( FM_TimeStamp )

Takes a FileMaker Timestamp value and returns a MySQL DATETIME string

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  Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

/* Returns a MySQL DateTime from a FileMaker TimeStamp */ Year (GetAsTimestamp ( FM_TimeStamp )) & "-" & If ( Month (GetAsTimestamp ( FM_TimeStamp )) < 10; "0" & Month (GetAsTimestamp ( FM_TimeStamp )); Month (GetAsTimestamp ( FM_TimeStamp )) ) & "-" & If ( Day (GetAsTimestamp ( FM_TimeStamp )) < 10; "0" & Day (GetAsTimestamp ( FM_TimeStamp )); Day (GetAsTimestamp ( FM_TimeStamp )) ) & " " & If ( Hour (GetAsTimestamp ( FM_TimeStamp )) < 10; "0" & Hour (GetAsTimestamp ( FM_TimeStamp )); Hour (GetAsTimestamp ( FM_TimeStamp )) ) & ":" & If ( Minute (GetAsTimestamp ( FM_TimeStamp )) < 10; "0" & Minute (GetAsTimestamp ( FM_TimeStamp )); Minute (GetAsTimestamp ( FM_TimeStamp )) ) & ":" & If ( Seconds (GetAsTimestamp ( FM_TimeStamp )) < 10; "0" & Seconds (GetAsTimestamp ( FM_TimeStamp )); Seconds (GetAsTimestamp ( FM_TimeStamp )) ) Click to copy

Given a FileMaker Timestamp this function produces a MySQL DATETIME string. Could probably be streamlined, but it works well.

 

Comments

		Jack Rodgers, FmpApps May 4, 2010
Kinda misses the point... getasdate (timestampfield ) and getastime (timestampfield ) do the job far simpler... :)

		Jack Rodges, hollywood fl May 4, 2010
ooppss.. should have read the mysql thing... :):)

		RJD, Brooklyn, NY Jun 11, 2013
Thank you for sharing this with the community! Saves me some IF-statement writing for my current project. Much appreciated.

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