From: Paul Lutus <nospam@...>
Date: 2006-11-27T04:50:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Timestamp

dblack@wobblini.net wrote:

> Hi --
> 
> On Mon, 27 Nov 2006, Paul Lutus wrote:
> 
>> Srinivas Sa wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry for not being clear; I am trying to work on merging subtitle files
>>> which holds the subtitles of a movie. They have the HH:MM:SS,nnn and
>>> sentence that need to be flashed at that moment on the screen.
>>
>> Break it down for us. What does ",nnn" signify?
> 
> Fractions of a second:
> 
> irb(main):020:0> Time.parse("10:53:44,12") + 0.87
> => Sun Nov 26 10:53:44 -0500 2006
> irb(main):021:0> Time.parse("10:53:44,12") + 0.88
> => Sun Nov 26 10:53:45 -0500 2006

Milliseconds, then, since they appeared as three-digit integers.

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Paul Lutus
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