From: dblack@...
Date: 2006-11-27T05:55:48+09:00
Subject: Re: Timestamp

Hi --

On Mon, 27 Nov 2006, Paul Lutus wrote:

> 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.

Actually the whole thing (44,12 or 23,555 or whatever) is one float,
using a comma separator instead of a dot.  The comma is the
"preferred" separator in this context in the ISO 8601 standard, so I
imagine that's being followed here.


David

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