Re: Problems with UTC Timestamp

[Gerald (J. C. <je...@sa...>]

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On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 Mar...@ml... wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> i have problems with an attribute that uses the syntax utc time syntax.
> i generate the time with the following code line
> 
> #Timestamp
> $timestamp = `date +%y%m%d%H%m%SZ`;
> 
> when i try to add the content to the utc time atrtibute with
> 
>  $ldap->modify( $dnldap, replace => {IPTimestamp => $timestamp});

What syntax is used to stored the IPTimestamp ?  Check here to see if the 
string you are setting contains invalid characters, is single-valued, has 
a length constraint, etc...

> i alway get an error in the log like 'invalid syntax'
> 
> 2002-10-16-13:43:54.019+00:00--V2 Modify--bindDN: xxx --client: xxx
> :7809--connectionID: 2--received: 2002-10-16-13:43:54.015+00:00--Invalid syntax

You could convert the timestamp to generalized time YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.Z
Can't remember the perl construct for this, but in C gmtime(time(NULL))


cheers, jerry
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