Radio Shack TRS-80 Trsdos & Disk Basic Reference Manual page 105

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READV
TIME$
(get
value of
Real-Time
Clock)
TIMES
TIMES
is
a
function with no arguments
-
when
executed,
it
returns
a string-value
composed
of the date
and time
currently stored
in
the
Real-Time Clock
memory
area.
The
string
is
always 17 characters
long
and has the following format:
MM/DD/YY#HH:MM:SS
(month/day /year hr:min:sec)
The hour
appears
in
24-hour form,
e.g.,
1:30
PM
appears
as
13:30.
To
set
the time
and
date, get into
the
DOS
READY
mode
and
use
the
TRSDOS
commands,
TIME
and
DATE,
as
follows
(assume
it's
3:30
PM
on January
1,
1979):
TIME 15:30:00
R^FH
DATE 01/01/79 RTfFffl
Or,
you
can
set
the
time and
date
under
DISK
BASIC, by POKEing
the
time and date values into the appropriate addresses
(see
CLOCK,
TRSDOS
Library
Commands).
TIMES
can be
printed or used
internally
by your program
in
dedicated
applications.
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