After reading through all the documentation for Python’s time and datetime libraries, I’m pretty sure the timestamp system I used in the program I was talking about was of my own invention. That may be what we want to do for the database too – I think it would be easy, more comprehensive and more reliable than UTC timestamps, whose limitations depend on the platform but seem to be 1970-2038 on most systems. On another note, the USB/parallel port cable arrived today! Also, from what I’ve read on sites documenting RealTerm’s capabilities, it should actually be able to capture data from the USB port since it sends data via essentially the same type of serial stream as a serial port. I guess we’ll find out when we try it out on Monday!
Katherine