jesse@altos86.Altos.COM ( Jesse Chisholm) (02/13/91)
I don't recall which post asked for this information, I hope the
person who asked sees this post.
One way to get the current timestamp from the standards people,
is to have your computer call
1-202-653-1079 at 1200 baud, 7 bits, even parity, 1 stop bit
or 1-202-653-0351 at 1200 baud, 7 bits, even parity, 1 stop bit
I am told that this number will spew the Universal Coordinated Time
for 60 seconds on a simple ASCII format. You will want to
verify the format, but what I was told is essentially:
printf("%d\n%s\n%02d:%02d:%02d.%03d\n",
julian_day, day_of_week, hours, minutes,
seconds, milli_seconds);
with the milliseconds accurate to plus or minus .4 millisecs
DISCLAIMER: I have not tried this yet. I was told about it by
the system administrator at the Annapolis Naval Base.
Hope it works for you.
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