The Timestamp Converter allows to convert timestamps from common human readable formats to the number of seconds since epoch (1. Jan. 1970) and vice versa.

General GUI description

The form consist of a table with five rows
1General Options: ...
2- header line - ...
3Date | Time: ...
4human readable : ...
5- buttons - ...

The first General Options row contains checkboxes for some special behaviours, see Options below.

The second row is just the description of the fields shown in the third row.

The third Date | Time row contains input fields to specify a date/time. It also conatins the buttons and for converting from and to the Timestamp field shown as last input filed in this row.

The fourth human readable row contains a wide field for a common human readable date and time format, followed by the button which converts the value given there to the fields in the third row.
The buttons and convert the value to the timestamp Offset field shown last in this row.
There is also a button, which adds the value from the Offset field in this line to the Timestamp in the previous line.

The fifth row contains command buttons.

Converting to/from timestamp (number of seconds)

The button converts the date/time given in the left fields to a timestamp in the right field.
The button converts the timestamp given in the right field to date/time in the left fields.
Both convertions also print the value in the human readable format.

Converting timestamp (number of seconds) from human readable format

The left input field in the human readable row can be used to convert from various formats to the date/time and timestamp in the third row. This is done by the button.
Following format are known:

whereby instead of - and . any of following separators can be used:
Note that only fomats of type yy.mm.dd are supported when using 2/4 option.
Note that this convertions depend on the GMT and now options.

Computing Offsets

The left input field in the fourth row can be used to compute an (timestamp) offset with the . Offset here means that it is the number of seconds from the specified date/time in the left input filed to the current time (which is same as we get by the button).
Note that this computation depends on the GMT and now options.

Options

Known Problems

-- some error messages in guess()