Convert unsigned bytes (U8) to time date stamp.

[chuck72352]

From a CAN device I have the date and time as a series of seven unsigned bytes (U8) as follows:

Century         example        20

Year              example       10

Month           example         4

Day              example        26

Hour             example       20   (8:00 PM)

Min               example       20

Sec               example         1

which would be:

            4/26/2010

            20:20:1

What is the best approach to convertng these seven values to a date/time format for display purposes only?

Thank you.

[James@Home · Accepted solution]

Chuck,

Here's a couple of ways to do it, but sure there are others.

The first for numeric inputs or concatenate to a string with second.

Hope one of these does what you need.

*Edit - added combining or Century & Year

Message Edited by jrjones on 04-25-2010 10:40 PM

[RavensFan]

Your century/year manipulations are incorrect.  The result of 20 and 10 gives you 5130.  Maybe its a time machine.

What you need to do is basic math, multiply the century number by 100 and add the year.

[James@Home]

Raven,

You are correct, that combination is just WRONG.

Thanks for the catch....

I guess it's time to go to bed; I'm not paying attention to what I'm doing.