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#1 2022-05-30 19:21:34

kevinpotts
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[ Solved ] Convert timestamp to total seconds?

Hi fam. Building a new project in TXP and it requires a podcast RSS feed. One of my last missing links is the time length of the MP3 file which is represented in total seconds. While I could use a custom field and dump a dumb integer in there, I like the idea of proper content storage better. It occurred to me that I could use the article’s publishing timestamp to capture the minutes:seconds of the episode, but I cannot figure out how to use the format attribute of <txp:posted /> to convert the minutes and seconds of the timestamp into a total number of seconds. (For example, 1:00:00 would convert to 3600.) Any ideas?

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#2 2022-05-30 19:48:27

etc
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Re: [ Solved ] Convert timestamp to total seconds?

Hi Kevin, here is a weird solution (but you know your idea is weird as well):

<txp:evaluate query='3600*<txp:posted format="%H" /> + 60*<txp:posted format="%M" /> + <txp:posted format="%S" />' />

Or even easier:

<txp:evaluate query='<txp:posted format="3600*%H + 60*%M + %S" />' />

Last edited by etc (2022-05-30 20:35:03)

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#3 2022-05-30 20:05:40

kevinpotts
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Re: [ Solved ] Convert timestamp to total seconds?

Intriguing. I am a stranger to the evaluate tag. I’ll try this. Thanks for the zippy response.


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#4 2022-05-31 23:36:15

kevinpotts
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Re: [ Solved ] Convert timestamp to total seconds?

<txp:evaluate query='<txp:posted format="3600*%H + 60*%M + %S" />' />

This worked perfectly. Thank you very much. It’s been a solid 7-8 years since I’ve built anything in Textpattern. Feels good to return home, even if someone’s moved the furniture around a bit.


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#5 2022-06-01 06:00:59

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Re: [ Solved ] Convert timestamp to total seconds?

Great to see you, Mr Potts. Welcome back.

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#6 2022-06-01 08:16:18

etc
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Re: [ Solved ] Convert timestamp to total seconds?

kevinpotts wrote #333483:

This worked perfectly. Thank you very much. It’s been a solid 7-8 years since I’ve built anything in Textpattern. Feels good to return home, even if someone’s moved the furniture around a bit.

Nice to hear it works. We are strongly committed to preserve the foundations, so I hope you will quickly feel home again.

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#7 2022-06-01 12:11:57

kevinpotts
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Re: [ Solved ] Convert timestamp to total seconds?

Thanks both. I built the entire site without a single plugin in a week. I may have squeed in joy when I discovered <txp:header />. Exactly the sort of thing that eases the road of doing the hard work of rolling a custom RSS feed.


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#8 2022-06-01 13:51:43

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Re: [ Solved ] Convert timestamp to total seconds?

kevinpotts wrote #333496:

I may have squeed in joy when I discovered <txp:header />.

You and me both, sir.

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