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 More options May 19 2006, 4:24 pm
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From: brendan.mcken...@gmail.com
Date: 18 May 2006 23:24:59 -0700
Local: Fri, May 19 2006 4:24 pm
Subject: FoxPro Date Processing
Hello,

I am writing a class to process FoxPro .dbf files, all has been going
well, but I have recently hit a snag.  I'm trying to convert FoxPro's
DateTime field (T) to a System.DateTime.  FoxPro's field is 2 32bit
integers: one stores the date, the other stores the time, stored in
reverse byte order. (2f 4a 12 9a== 9a 12 4a 2f)

Easy... here's the hard part.  The date integer stores the number of
days from 1/1/4712BC (yes... BC).  The time integer stores the number
of milliseconds from 00:00:00.

Processing the time was easy ( DateTime.AddMilliseconds() ).
Processing the date, is not.

Is there anyone who can lend a hand and help me process this date?

The date integer: 2453809 should become 20/04/2006

My current process is:

DateTime dt = new DateTime(1, 1, 1);
dt = dt.AddDays(days);
dt = dt.AddYears(-4713);

This results in a DateTime which is 2 days off, and I'm afraid it may
result in more problems due to leap years with other dates.

Can anyone help me out with this?

Thanks!

Brendan


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