String to Epoch Returning nil.
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23.06.19 04:34:52 am
Hi, I'm experimenting with some time/date functions and I've come acoss this strange issue:
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The input:
The output:
I've checked and the table does seem to contain the information it's supposed to.
The code:
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function string_to_epoch(str)
local t_hour, t_min, t_sec, t_day, t_month, t_year = str:match('(%d+):(%d+):(%d+) (%d+)/(%d+)/(%d+)')
return os.time({ year = t_year, month = t_month, day = t_day, hour = t_hour, min = t_min, sec = t_sec, isdst = false })
end
local t_hour, t_min, t_sec, t_day, t_month, t_year = str:match('(%d+):(%d+):(%d+) (%d+)/(%d+)/(%d+)')
return os.time({ year = t_year, month = t_month, day = t_day, hour = t_hour, min = t_min, sec = t_sec, isdst = false })
end
The input:
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'05:34:01 23/06/19'
The output:
nil
I've checked and the table does seem to contain the information it's supposed to.
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23.06.19 08:47:27 am
Try using
table.sort
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return os.time(table.sort({ year = t_year, month = t_month, day = t_day, hour = t_hour, min = t_min, sec = t_sec, isdst = false }))
23.06.19 09:11:40 am
Weirdly enough it seems to fix it... Thanks.
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