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MrOteece

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02/03/2006 7:28 AM
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02/03/2006 11:11 AM
FUN! The int8 attributes don't have anything to mark them as time stamps or time deltas, you have to hardcode the attribute names into the applications. That is how adfind does it for those and how LDP does it for those as well as GUIDs and other attributesΏ]. In terms of working with internally, that is by far the easiest format in my opinion, just keep it UTC. For people to read it isn't so nice. In that case you may want to instead use a Generalized-Time syntax (attribsyntax 2.5.5.11 / OMsyntax 24) which can be read by a human without too much pain. It is the ZULU format that you see with whenChanged, whenCreated, etc and programs that want to translate it can easily recognize it. It just has to always specify a time, it can't be an offset like the int8's are used to do like with the domain policy values, etc. Oh searching for a range of values is a little easier (or maybe I should just say more intuitive) with int8 as well versus searching Generalized-Time. joe Ώ] I figured out a generic way to handle GUIDs that usually correct. -- O'Reilly Active Directory Third Edition - http://www.joeware.net/win/ad3e.htm From: ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mr OteeceSent: Friday, February 03, 2006 2:27 PMTo: ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: [ActiveDir] Custom date/time attributes in AD/ADAM schema Any recommendations out there for storing a custom timestamp in AD/ADAM? I created an attribute with the same syntax as the existing time formats (e.g. pwdLastSet), and I can recover the date/time easily enough in code. However, LDP doesn't show the new attribute as a date/time, just as the large integer. Is there any way to specify how that attribute should be interpreted or are those just built into LDP? Or do people just use a string format?

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