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Source code for utc2date.vbs

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  1. Option Explicit
  2.  
  3. Dim blnDate, blnTime
  4. Dim dtmBase, dtmUTC
  5. Dim intDateFormat, intTimeFormat, intUTC, intValid
  6. Dim strResult
  7.  
  8. With WScript.Arguments
  9. 	' Check command line arguments
  10. 	If .Unnamed.Count <> 1 Then Syntax
  11. 	intUTC = .Unnamed(0)
  12. 	If Not IsNumeric( intUTC ) Then Syntax
  13. 	intValid = 0
  14. 	blnDate  = True
  15. 	blnTime  = True
  16. 	If .Named.Exists( "D" ) Then
  17. 		If .Named.Exists( "T" ) Then Syntax
  18. 		blnDate  = True
  19. 		blnTime  = False
  20. 		intValid = intValid + 1
  21. 	End If
  22. 	If .Named.Exists( "T" ) Then
  23. 		blnDate  = False
  24. 		blnTime  = True
  25. 		intValid = intValid + 1
  26. 	End If
  27. 	If intValid <> .Named.Count Then Syntax
  28. 	If intValid > 1 Then Syntax
  29. End With
  30.  
  31. dtmBase  = "1/1/1970" ' UTC base date
  32. ' Calculate the date by adding the Unix time in seconds to the UTC base date
  33. dtmUTC   = DateAdd( "s", intUTC, dtmBase )
  34. ' Format the output string
  35. If blnDate Then strResult = FormatDateTime( DateValue( dtmUTC ), intDateFormat )
  36. If blnTime Then
  37. 	' Calculate and display the difference in seconds between the specified and the Unix time base date
  38. 	If blnDate Then strResult = strResult & ", "
  39. 	strResult = strResult & FormatDateTime( TimeValue( dtmUTC ), intTimeFormat )
  40. End If
  41. WScript.Echo Trim( strResult )
  42.  
  43.  
  44. Sub Syntax
  45. 	WScript.Echo vbcrlf _
  46. 	           & "UTC2Date.vbs,  Version 1.00" _
  47. 	           & vbCrLf _
  48. 	           & "Convert Unix time (UTC) to the current user's standard date/time format" _
  49. 	           & vbCrLf & vbCrLf _
  50. 	           & "Usage:  CSCRIPT.EXE  //NoLogo  UTC2Date.vbs  unix_time  [ /D | /T ]" _
  51. 	           & vbCrLf & vbCrLf _
  52. 	           & "Where:  ""unix_time""   is the Unix time we want to convert" _
  53. 	           & vbCrLf _
  54. 	           & "                      (min: -2147483647, max: 2147483647)" _
  55. 	           & vbCrLf _
  56. 	           & "        /D            return date only (default: both date and time)" _
  57. 	           & vbCrLf _
  58. 	           & "        /T            return time only (/D and /T are mutually exclusive)" _
  59. 	           & vbCrLf & vbCrLf _
  60. 	           & "Note:   Though often called UTC, Unix time does not take into account leap" _
  61. 	           & vbCrLf _
  62. 	           & "        seconds, while ""official"" UTC does." _
  63. 	           & vbCrLf & vbCrLf _
  64. 	           & "Written by Rob van der Woude" _
  65. 	           & vbCrLf _
  66. 	           & "http://www.robvanderwoude.com"
  67. 	WScript.Quit 1
  68. End Sub
  69.  

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