Date/time loaded from Basic4PPC

[acedashdog]

This is, I hope, just a 'how to' question.

I have an application in B4PPC that (among other things) captures a date from a calendar control.

It stores its' data in a plain ol' text file, writing this data like so:

FileWrite(c1,calendarcreated.Value)

which of course creates a whopping great string of numbers, the ticks value.

Now, I'm writing its' brother in B4A, and I need it to eat and dump the same files.

How do I convert the ticks value I read in to a date? datetime.date(tempcreated) doesn't work.

Also, have I missed something, or is there no Calendar control in B4A? An odd omission if there isn't...

 

[Erel]

There is a date dialog in the dialogs library: http://www.b4x.com/forum/additional-libraries-official-updates/6776-dialogs-library.html
You should also try this one: A Windows like DatePicker (DateDialog)

About the conversion. Try this:

Dim b4p, b4a As Long
b4p = File.ReadString(...)
b4a = (b4p - 621355968000000000) / 10000

I haven't tested it myself.