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Convert 1900/1904 date string to seconds

I have a DLL that gives me seconds elapsed based on the 1900 date system. Labview seems to offer a palette of sub vi's based on the 1904 date system. I need to be able to type a date in a string format like, 3/6/2004, convert it to seconds elapsed on the 1900 scale, and then pass it on to the DLL I interface with. I also have to go in the reverse direction, I have to take a 1900 based number and convert it to a string representing the date. Is there anything already existing that will do this for me? Thanks
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Times in LabVIEW are based on 1904. If you need to communicate with the DLL, just add/subtract the number of seconds between 1900-1904. I believe that's 4*365*24*60*60.
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