| From: | Ben Hutchings |
| Date: | 15 Aug 99 at 01:24:19 |
| Subject: | Re: How do a get the current time/date without using ReadBattClock() |
From: Ben Hutchings <womble@zzumbouk.demon.co.uk>
On Fri, Aug 13, 1999 at 10:58:51PM +0000, Dominic Clifton wrote:
> From: Dominic Clifton <dominicc@barrysworld.co.uk>
>
>
> How do you get the current time/data in packed format without
> using the ReadBattClock() function ?
>
> (The result must bea ULONG containing the seconds since Jan 1, 1978, not
> Jan 1, 1970)
>
> HELP!!
1. Use timer.device:
struct Device * TimerBase;
struct timeval tvNow;
/* open timer.device with request ioTimer */
TimerBase = ioTimer.io_Device;
GetSysTime(&tvNow);
/* number of seconds since 1978/1/1 is tvNow.tv_secs */
2. Use DOS:
struct DateStamp ds;
DateStamp(&ds);
/* number of seconds since 1978/1/1 is
ds.ds_Days*86400 + ds.ds_Minute*60 + ds.ds_Tick/TICKS_PER_SECOND */
Number 1 should be a bit faster, but number 2 is obviously easier.