data string w timestamp info

writerkeith · 2013-09-17T16:53:07Z

As a writer, I believe I understand an Encase report as part of my story. There is a string of data with a time stamp. It is 1213642185'http//aimtoday.aim.com/today/aimtoday.adp?product=9&platform=1&channel=360&build=6_5_9_1&SN=CBOFHLHFFIGCOKCLHKEPCPNDBB&PC=HDLEDICEBJ&segment=0&UTC=1213642185&LocalTime=1213624185&nlogin=219&mcAuth=BcAG0hWtfcAAK8zAcBZkhWtjMIWm7zNSvM2R8AAATime Zone information from the report saysTime Zone InfoCurrent control set is 001Default control set is 001Failed control set is 000LastKnownGood control set is 003Standard time bias is -500 hours offset from GMT.StandardName Eastern Standard TimeStandard time is set to change the Standard bias by 0 minutes.Standard time is set to change on Sunday of the 5th week of October, at 0200 hours.DaylightName Eastern Daylight TimeDaylight savings is set to change the Standard bias by 60 minutes.Daylight savings time is set to change on Sunday of the 1st week of April, at0200 hours.Active time bias is -400 hours offset from GMT.The current time setting is -400 hours offset from GMT.The offset must be either added or subtracted from GMT depending on the time I found a conversion link for unix UTC Epoch. It gives me GMT as followsNew Epoch Time Stamp Value Result of ConversionMon Jun 16 184945 2008 UTCThe computer was in Eastern Time Zone during DST.Is it possible to make a conditional determination of local time from this information?

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19/09/2013 7:01 am

Are you certain that the link is correct? Have you tried the actual internet page to see if it just isn't a case of crappy coding?

Example maby some programmer just threw the values in there, and possible did not know the difference between UTC/Localtime or were told by some supervisor to "uuhh.. just put UTC there as default if our javascript code cannot read/determine local time on the users system".

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