Brian Dunning's FileMaker Custom Functions

MySQL_DateTime_to_TimeStamp ( DateTime )

Convert MySQL DateTime value to FileMaker TimeStamp

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Andy Knasinski   Andy Knasinski - Show more from this author
nrg software, llc.
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  Sample input:
MySQL_DateTime_to_TimeStamp ( "2006-12-18 14:57:30" )
  Sample output:
12/18/2006 2:57:30 PM

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

This custom function converts a MySQL (4.1) DataTime value to a FileMaker Pro TimeStamp format.

 

Comments

Woz   Woz, Perth
Apr 19, 2015
Warning: This outputs US format dates only (mm/dd/yyyy)
 
John Buckingham   John Buckingham, microGuidance
Aug 3, 2017
Thanks, Andy, for posting this...

Re: Woz's post; I amended the function as follows to output the date in the user's date format:

Timestamp (
Date ( Middle ( DateTime ; 6 ; 2 ) ; Middle ( DateTime ; 9 ; 2 ) ; Left ( DateTime ; 4 ) ) ;
GetAsTime ( RightWords ( DateTime ; 1 ) )
)
 

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