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From: Chris.Gehlker@p12.f56.n114.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Gehlker)
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Subject: RE: How do you read the Mac's clock in THINK C?
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Date: 6 Dec 90 13:37:14 GMT
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> How do you read the current clock time in THINK C on the Mac?  The method
I've
> been trying NEVER reflects the actual clock time (by calling ctime(NULL))
but
> some value that is apparently due to whatever random settings exist in the
> memory location.
use GetTime(&d); where d is a DateTimeRec defined in OSUtil.h

> And to help prevent this problem from arising again, can anyone recommend
a
> good book on programming in C specifically on the Mac (and possibly even
> THINK C in particular?

There's a Macintosh Programming Primer -- Inside the Toolbox with THINK C
which I hear is very good.

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