(Xojo Plugin) Extract Timestamp from ULID

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Extract the date/time from a ULID.

Important: Chilkat's ULID functionality was introduced in v9.5.0.94.

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Dim ulid As String
ulid = "01GRH14AA82EY9A7S99YYF2QDY"

Dim dt As New Chilkat.CkDateTime

// Unix timestamps stored in ULIDs should be UTC...
Dim bLocal As Boolean
bLocal = False
// Set the CkDateTime from the timestamp contained in the ULID
Dim success As Boolean
success = dt.SetFromUlid(bLocal,ulid)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog("ULID was not valid.")
    Return
End If

// You can now get the date/time in any desired format.
// For example:
System.DebugLog("Unix timestamp = " + Str(dt.GetAsUnixTime(bLocal)))
System.DebugLog("RFC822 = " + dt.GetAsRfc822(bLocal))
System.DebugLog("Timestamp = " + dt.GetAsTimestamp(bLocal))

// Sample output:

// Unix timestamp = 1675608861
// RFC822 = Sun, 05 Feb 2023 14:54:21 GMT
// Timestamp = 2023-02-05T14:54:21Z