#t and #f added to language, datetime fixes

ml_date.cpp

@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ long now() {	// get-universal-time
 	return now;
 }
 
+long get_gmt_localtime_offset() {
+	std::time_t current_time;
+	std::time(&current_time);
+	struct std::tm *timeinfo = std::localtime(&current_time);
+	long offset = timeinfo->tm_gmtoff;
+	return offset;
+}
+
 std::string date_to_string(const long datetime, const std::string format) {
 	// std::locale::global(std::locale("en-US.UTF8"));
 
@@ -56,7 +64,7 @@ long string_to_date(const std::string &datestr, const std::string &format) {
 	    struct tm * timeinfo;
                 
 	    time(&curTime );
-	    timeinfo = localtime(&curTime);
+	    timeinfo = std::gmtime(&curTime);
                 
 	    timeinfo->tm_year = tm.tm_year;
 	    timeinfo->tm_mon = tm.tm_mon;
@@ -65,9 +73,7 @@ long string_to_date(const std::string &datestr, const std::string &format) {
 	    timeinfo->tm_min = tm.tm_min;
 	    timeinfo->tm_sec = tm.tm_sec;
         
-	    // int offset = -1 * timeinfo->tm_gmtoff;	// for local time
-	    int offset = 0;
-	    return time_to_epoch(timeinfo, offset);
+	    return time_to_epoch(timeinfo, 0);
 	}
 
 	throw std::runtime_error("invalid date string or format (" + datestr + ", " + format + ")" );