<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">For what it's worth, here the relevant extract from the ANSI Standard:<div><br><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">5.8.1.24</span></font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Message Refinement:</span></font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">printString</span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Synopsis</span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><span style="font: 10.0px Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Return a string that describes the receiver.</span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Definition: <Object></span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><span style="font: 10.0px Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">A string consisting of a sequence of characters that describe the receiver are returned as the result.</span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><span style="font: 10.0px Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">The exact sequence of characters that describe an object are implementation defined.</span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Refinement: <DateAndTime></span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><span style="font: 10.0px Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">The returned string will represent the UTC time of the receiver offset from UTC by the offset of the receiver. All dates are in the astronomical Gregorian calendar. The result will be formatted as</span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><span style="font: 10.0px Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">-YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.s+ZZ:zz:z where -</span></font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">is the <Character> $- if the year is less than 0 otherwise it is the <Character> that is</span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><span style="font: 10.0px Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">returned from the message </span></font></span><span style="font: 10.0px Courier"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">#space </span></font></span><span style="font: 10.0px Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">sent to the standard global </span></font></span><span style="font: 10.0px Courier"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Character</span></font></span><span style="font: 10.0px Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">,</span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><span style="font: 10.0px Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">YYYY</span></font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">is the year left zero filled to four places,</span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><span style="font: 10.0px Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">-</span></font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">is the <Character> $-,</span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><span style="font: 10.0px Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">MM</span></font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">is the month of the year left zero filled to two places,</span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><span style="font: 10.0px Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">-</span></font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">is the <Character> $-,</span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><span style="font: 10.0px Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">DD</span></font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">is the day of the month left zero filled to two places,</span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><span style="font: 10.0px Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">T</span></font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">is the <Character> $T,</span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><span style="font: 10.0px Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">hh</span></font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">is the hour in the 24-hour clock left zero filled to two places,</span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><span style="font: 10.0px Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">:</span></font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">is the <Character> $:,</span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><span style="font: 10.0px Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">mm</span></font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">is the minute left zero filled to two places,</span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><span style="font: 10.0px Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">:</span></font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">is the <Character> $:,</span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><span style="font: 10.0px Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">ss</span></font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">is the second left zero filled to two places,</span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><span style="font: 10.0px Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">.</span></font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">is the <Character> $. and is present only if the fraction of a second is non-zero,</span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><span style="font: 10.0px Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">s</span></font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">is the fraction of a second and is present only if non-zero,</span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><span style="font: 10.0px Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">+</span></font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">is the <Character> $+ if the offset is greater than or equal to <Duration factory> #zero and the <Character> $- if it is less,</span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><span style="font: 10.0px Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">ZZ</span></font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">is the hours of the offset left zero filled to two places, and :</span></font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">is the <Character> $:, zz</span></font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">is the minutes of the offset left zero filled to two places, :</span></font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">is the <Character> $: and is present only if the seconds of the offset is non-zero,</span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><span style="font: 10.0px Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">z</span></font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">is the seconds of the offset including any fractional part and is present only if non- zero.</span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><span style="font: 10.0px Arial"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">This format is based on ISO 8601 sections 5.3.3 and 5.4.1.</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Example: 8:33:14.321 PM EST January 5, 1200 B.C.</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Courier; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">'-1199-01-05T20:33:14.321-05:00'</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Example: 12 midnight UTC January 1, 2001 A.D.</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Courier; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">' 2001-01-01T00:00:00+00:00'</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><span style="font: 10.0px Arial"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Return Values</span></font></b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><readableString> unspecified</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><span style="font: 10.0px Arial"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Errors</span></font></b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">none</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Cheers,</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Bernhard</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><br></div></span></div><div><div>Am 29.08.2010 um 12:49 schrieb Bernhard Pieber:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Hi Andreas,<br><br>Am 29.08.2010 um 04:18 schrieb Andreas Raab:<br><blockquote type="cite">BTW, does anyone know what the result of "Date[And]Time now" is in other systems? What do VW, GST, and others return? Whole seconds or fractional?<br></blockquote><br>On VA Smalltalk 8.0.2 I get the following when I print it:<br>DateAndTime now 2010-08-29T12:47:26.778+01:00<br><br>Cheers,<br>Bernhard<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>