Classic ASP

How to Parse a TimeStamp (such as 2016-11-11T14:32:17.0908971Z)

Timestamps are frequently used in REST API responses. This example demonstrates how to parse a timestamp string to get at the date/time components in the local timezone or in the GMT/UTC timezone.

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' Let's say we have a timestamp string such as 2016-11-11T14:32:17.0908971Z
strTimestamp = "2016-11-11T14:32:17.0908971Z"

set dateTime = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.CkDateTime")
success = dateTime.SetFromTimestamp(strTimestamp)

' Get a DtObj in the local timezone.
bLocalTimezone = 1
set dt = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.DtObj")
dateTime.ToDtObj bLocalTimezone,dt

' Get the individual date/time components
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "-- Local Time --") & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Year: " & dt.Year) & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Month: " & dt.Month) & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Day: " & dt.Day) & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Hour: " & dt.Hour) & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Minutes: " & dt.Minute) & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Seconds: " & dt.Second) & "</pre>"

' Get a DtObj in the GMT/UTC timezone.
bLocalTimezone = 0
dateTime.ToDtObj bLocalTimezone,dt

' Get the individual date/time components
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "-- UTC Time --") & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Year: " & dt.Year) & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Month: " & dt.Month) & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Day: " & dt.Day) & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Hour: " & dt.Hour) & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Minutes: " & dt.Minute) & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Seconds: " & dt.Second) & "</pre>"

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