Best way to handle MMM DD HH:MM:SS.MMM Timestamps?

[rudyloo]

Hi

I have a file where each line contains the following timestamp format:
MMM DD HH:MM:SS.MMM

I want to read this in and normalize the time and pass it along in seconds.

I am using the following at the moment. However it doesn't support milliseconds.
CTime time( m_year, month, day, hour, min, sec)

I read in first timestamp, save it in "firstTimeStamp" and then pass the rest of the line for processing with timestamp 0.

For any lines after that, I read in the timestamp, subtract "firstTimeStamp" using CTimeSpan and pass long.

Ideas on how I can include the milliseconds?

Thanks

[VictorN]

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I want to read this in and normalize the time and pass it along in seconds.

I am using the following at the moment. However it doesn't support milliseconds.

Why care about milliseconds if you pass the time along in seconds?

[rudyloo]

Why care about milliseconds if you pass the time along in seconds?

Hi

The logs contains data where milliseconds is needed.

Example:

Sep 29 02:13:04.150 example line 1 testing 1234 bla bla
Sep 29 02:13:05.855 example line 2 testing 1234 bla bla bla

First line would be passed with timestamp 0

Second line would be passed with timestamp 1.705 seconds

Thanks

[VictorN]

have a look at SYSTEMTIME structure and its Remark section:

Remarks
It is not recommended that you add and subtract values from the SYSTEMTIME structure to obtain relative times. Instead, you should
Convert the SYSTEMTIME structure to a FILETIME structure.
Copy the resulting FILETIME structure to a ULARGE_INTEGER structure.
Use normal 64-bit arithmetic on the ULARGE_INTEGER value.

[2kaud]

Have a look at the SYSTEMTIME structure which supports milliseconds
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...=vs.85%29.aspx

The article also discusses how to perform relative time calculations which is what you require.

[rudyloo]

Thanks all.

I found this link helpful as well.
http://forums.codeguru.com/showthrea...IME-difference

[GCDEF]

Thanks all.

I found this link helpful as well.
http://forums.codeguru.com/showthrea...IME-difference

You may find the COleDateTime class helpful too. It has a method for parsing times in string format.

[2kaud]

You may find the COleDateTime class helpful too. It has a method for parsing times in string format.

I don't think the COleDateTime class supports milliseconds?