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Title:DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT.
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Created:Mon Aug 21 1989
Last Modified:Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:6497
Total number of notes:27359

3337.0. "CharAbsTime datatype" by CCIIS1::ROGGEBAND (_ �hili��e _) Fri Jul 10 1992 06:09

Hi,

Just wondering about the Char_Abs_Time datatype : is it actually supported
by the PM's ? I've tried several times to use it because that's the format
in which I retrieve time stamps from my entities, but both the FCL PM and
the IMPM more or less dump the attribute in hex format.

I finally ended up specifying my attribute as being Bin_Abs_Time and using
a conversion routine, but it seems a bit silly to go from string to binary
in the AM to do just the reverse in the PM.

Regards,

Philippe.
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3337.1VERNA::V_GILBERTFri Jul 10 1992 10:3310
Philippe,

Both the Iconic Map and the FCL use the same validation routines for these
datatypes and because they are primitive data types, the Iconic Map and FCL
display them in a similar fashion.

To the best of my knowledge, there is no plan to change the display of these
datatypes for V1.3.

Verna
3337.2CCIIS1::ROGGEBAND_ �hili��e _Fri Jul 10 1992 11:5619
    Verna,
    
    The problem is not with validation, it's just that the PM's *won't*
    print out the time in YYYY-MM-DD-HH:MM:SS.HHHH�HH:MM format, they print
    out something like "%X 02 02 BE ...." or whatever which is not very
    explicit for the average operator. The BNF output specifed in the SRM
    leads me to think I can expect something a lot more readable.
    
    I ILV-encoded a string in the exact format specified in the SRM and it
    doesn't work, so my question is :
    
    - Is this a documentation error?
    - Is this a bug?
    - Is this a feature ?
    
    Regards,
    
    Philippe.
3337.3VERNA::V_GILBERTTue Jul 14 1992 17:2517
The latest on CharAbsTime, CharRelTime:

   The Char_abs_time and Char_rel_time data types are NOT supported.  
They are in the process of being removed from the SRM for V1.2.  These
data types, not being supported, should not be sent across the call
interface.  The conversions from character to binary, then back, are 
the proper operations.  Some PMs (Notification PM) use these data 
types in a private way (the mcc_time_conversion routine knows how to
convert them).  Others should use the DECdts library routines to 
perform conversions on our binary times to generate what the 
Char_abs_time and Char_rel_time data types would provide if they
were supported.  We hope to introduce into some future DECmcc version
the support for the DECdts routines that do this.  For now, the code
writer must reach an agreement with the DECdts group to use their
routines.

   Ted Hupper