Brian Dunning's FileMaker Custom Functions

timeStampFormat ( YYYYMMDDHHMMSS )

converts timestamp string to filemaker timestamp

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Hudi Moskowitz   Hudi Moskowitz
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  Sample input:
timestampFormat ( 20050110045253 )
  Sample output:
1/10/2005 4:52:20 AM

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

Converts long timestamp ( I'm getting it from hl7 ) to a FM formatted timestamp.

 

Comments

comment   comment, VR
Feb 5, 2016
You should use the Date() and Time() functions for this, instead of GetAsDate () and GetAsTime (). That will make your function work correctly regardless of the local date and time settings.
 

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