[Info-vax] VMS Software Bootcamp 2024

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 9/17/2024 3:42 PM, Tom Wade wrote:
>> I must admit I was a bit surprised to see it written in the way it was
>> as I am much more used to a 24-hour clock. I don't know if that's more
>> of a European thing than a US thing however.
> 
> I was quite disappointed to see it written that way.  VMS has always 
> used 24 hour time, and the traditional DECUS US agendas were also listed 
> that way, with sessions starting at 08:00 and some days ending at 23:00.

The traditional VMS time text format is pretty good. Very difficult
to misunderstand.

Of course in most programming languages today you can specify
the format to use.

$ show time
   17-SEP-2024 19:03:14
$ type now.groovy
import java.text.*

df1 = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm")
df2 = new SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm a")

now = new Date()
println(df1.format(now))
println(df2.format(now))
$ groovy now.groovy
19:03
07:03 PM
$ type now.py
from time import *

now = time()
print(strftime('%H:%M', localtime(now)))
print(strftime('%I:%M %p', localtime(now)))
$ python now.py
19:03
07:03 PM

Arne