A.7 Time Conversion Utility

The time conversion program, prttime.exe, is used to convert a UTC time value to a comparable data and time string in plain text. You can find the prttime.exe program in the Extras folder in the AppManager installation kit.

The syntax for the prttime.exe program is:

prttime

You are then prompted to provide the UTC time you want to convert. For example, if you type the UTC time 1055439148, the return value is:

Thu Jun 12 10:32:28 2003

Type Ctrl-C to exit the program.

NOTE:This program always returns the UTC time in its corresponding Pacific Standard Time, regardless of the time zone the local computer uses. By definition, UTC format is the number of seconds since January 1, 1970, 12:00am GMT. Therefore, if you type 0, the prttime.exe program returns Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969.