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decode-universal-time [Function]

decode-universal-time universal-time &optional time-zone
=> second, minute, hour, date, month, year, day, daylight-p, zone

Arguments and Values::

universal-time--a universal time.

time-zone--a time zone.

second, minute, hour, date, month, year, day, daylight-p, zone--a decoded time.

Description::

Returns the decoded time represented by the given universal time.

If time-zone is not supplied, it defaults to the current time zone adjusted for daylight saving time.

If time-zone is supplied, daylight saving time information is ignored. The daylight saving time flag is nil if time-zone is supplied.

Examples::

      (decode-universal-time 0 0) =>  0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1900, 0, false, 0
     
     ;; The next two examples assume Eastern Daylight Time.
      (decode-universal-time 2414296800 5) =>  0, 0, 1, 4, 7, 1976, 6, false, 5
      (decode-universal-time 2414293200) =>  0, 0, 1, 4, 7, 1976, 6, true, 5
     
     ;; This example assumes that the time zone is Eastern Daylight Time
     ;; (and that the time zone is constant throughout the example).
      (let* ((here (nth 8 (multiple-value-list (get-decoded-time)))) ;Time zone
             (recently (get-universal-time))
             (a (nthcdr 7 (multiple-value-list (decode-universal-time recently))))
             (b (nthcdr 7 (multiple-value-list (decode-universal-time recently here)))))
        (list a b (equal a b))) =>  ((T 5) (NIL 5) NIL)
     

Affected By::

Implementation-dependent mechanisms for calculating when or if daylight savings time is in effect for any given session.

See Also::

encode-universal-time , get-universal-time , Time