Rube Goldberg Code

[altenbach]

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@JÞB wrote:

Some are even easier.   😄

Note: the timestamp to time record can actually take a dbl but the number to timestamp function is just soooooo pretty

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That would wrap the hours above 24! A number of 123456789 would yield 13 hours in your code, probably "slightly" too low. 😄

[JÞB]

Easilly scaleable!

[altenbach]

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@JÞB wrote:

Easilly scaleable!

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Interesting slip  ....

Now it gives 8005 hours instead of the expected 34293 when starting with 123456789.

O course you could now also handle the years, but I thought the original idea was based on "easier". 😄

[crossrulz]

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@JÞB wrote:

Easilly scaleable!

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And now you need to include the number of years!  And we are quickly getting more complicated than the simple quotient and remainder.  But the idea is a good one, Jeff.

[altenbach]

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@crossrulz wrote:
But the idea is a good one, Jeff.

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No, it will not work in general. For example if you do the "day of year correction" and use an input of 123, the result would be 8776:2:3. Way off!

[JÞB]

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@altenbach wrote:

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@crossrulz wrote:
But the idea is a good one, Jeff.

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No, it will not work in general. For example if you do the "day of year correction" and use an input of 123, the result would be 8776:2:3. Way off!

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Drat Snippett tool

Fine- do it the other way then

[altenbach]

I am happy it is getting "easier" by the minute. Soon we'll be at my original suggestion from yesterday. :o:D

[JÞB]

That gets funnier by the second now that I looked at the source thread!

[tst]

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@JÞB wrote:

Note: the timestamp to time record can actually take a dbl but the number to timestamp function is just soooooo pretty

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Just note that no one else has your subVI, thus making the snippet less practical for others. 😉

Also, for those who don't know, this wouldn't be relevant in this case, but To DBL can be used to convert a timestamp to the number of seconds since 1904.

[JÞB]

Yair, that is a Time to Time of Day.vi. One of the three vi I famously proposed for addition to the timing palate. It returns seconds since latest midnight. I have found it fairly useful. Can't link from mobile so follow the trail from my profile page starting with my most kudosed post.