Subj : JS Object save_msg()
To   : deon
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon Dec 16 2024 22:09:34

  Re: JS Object save_msg()
  By: deon to Digital Man on Tue Dec 17 2024 02:50 pm

 > Hey DM,
 >
 > Need some clarification - I've noticed an unexpected date when saving a
 > message (when called from CLI jsexec - havent checked when the terminal
 > server calling the script).
 >
 > I'm calling save_msg(), using a header with a date that has:
 >
 > RFC-822 format (as per the https://synchro.net/docs/jsobjs.html), and that
 > results in a message time of:
 >
 > date = strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %I:%M:%S %z",time());
 > // Tue, 17 Dec 2024 02:32:19 +1100

MsgBase.save_msg() will using the current date/time and time zone when saving a message. You have a reason to not do this?

 > (I know time() is implied with strftime()).
 >
 > when_written     67604803 0294 Tue Dec 17 02:32:19 2024 UTC+11:00
 > when_imported    6760F0C3 0000 Tue Dec 17 14:32:19 2024 UTC
 >
 > I also know time() is returning the correct epoch time (I've compared it
 > with https://www.epochconverter.com/)
 >
 > a) Shouldnt the strftime() call return "14:32:19 +1100" - which would fix
 > the when_written value. (The message renders with a "written 12hrs ago"
 > statement).

You shouldn't use the 'date' property unless you have to. Either use the default (current date/time and zone) are set the when_written_time and when_written_zone header fields instead.

 > b) Shouldnt the when_imported by "02:32:19 UTC" (if it is recording
 > timestamps in UTC, or 14:32:19 UTC+1100 if rendering local time)?
 >
 > c) AU is GMT+11 right now (summer time, normally GMT+10), so system time is
 > 14:32 - not sure when strftime is returning 02:32 (12 hrs earlier)
 >
 > Incidently, I used %Z in the strftime() call (instead of %z), which results
 > in AEDT (right now) - and it resulted in a when_written of:
 >
 > when_written     3A24FDD0 0000 Thu Nov 30 00:00:00 2000 UTC
 >
 > date = strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %I:%M:%S %Z");
 > // Tue, 17 Dec 2024 02:28:01 AEDT
 >
 > I guess save_msg() date parsing doesnt understand AEDT?

No, it doesn't.
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