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[Jiri Demel <address@concealed>]

Hi.

By looking at  msg_count  files of several lists it seems that the date
is encoded as a number of days since the 1st January 1970 ie since the 
Unix Era.
The SAS date code is simmilar but it is based on the 1st January 1960.

In Unix-like systems the number from  msg_count  can be converted using 
commad  date.
Example:

$ date --date '1970-01-01 18136 days'
Wed Aug 28 00:00:00 CEST 2019

Have a nice day
Jiri Demel



Dne 28. 08. 19 v 22:15 McLaren, Terry napsal(a):
> Can anyone confirm this 5 digit date code is a SAS date code?   If so, 
> what is the beginning date based on?   OS install, sympa install, other?
>
> *From:* address@concealed 
> <address@concealed> *On Behalf Of *McLaren, Terry
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 28, 2019 1:54 PM
> *To:* address@concealed
> *Subject:* [sympa-users] msg_count format
>
> Greetings - I’m trying to find a reference to the data in msg_count.  E.g.
>
> 17039   1
>
> 18129   1
>
> 18136   1
>
> I’m under the impression it’s the date and number of messages sent to 
> a mail list.  However, I can’t find anything online and I’m not sure 
> how to turn the 5 digit date code into a human friendly value.  Can 
> someone shed some light?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Terry McLaren
>
> University of Illinois