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Subject: Re: setting the Amiga system date and time
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Date: 9 Feb 90 19:17:11 GMT
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Date: 9 February 1990, 19:47:03 MEZ
From: Harald Fricke             05 11/790-20 25      ZZFRICK  at DHVRRZN1
To:   COMP-SYS-AMIGA-TECH at UCBVAX.BERKELEY.EDU

Setting the system time is a bit complicated. Given Date and Time in a human-
readable format, you'll have to calculate the number of seconds elapsed since
Jan 01, 1978. Then open the timer.device, UNIT_MICROHZ and send a SETSYSTIME
command with the number of seconds in it.

This approach is from a clock project published in a back issue of the
German c't computer magazine. It works, I used the code in a program that reads
the contents of a DCF77 clock receiver over the serial line and stuffs
the result into the system clock of my A1000.

I'd be grateful to hear if there is an easier way to do this...

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Harald Fricke <ZZFRICK@DHVRRZN1.BITNET>
Disclaimer: RRZN Hannover and me have no opinions in common. Any opinions
            expressed are my own.
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