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. -- ===== jesse@Altos86.Altos.COM tel:1-408-432-6200x4810 fax:-434-0278 An old fool says, "Because it is old, it is good." A young fool says, "Because it is new, it is better." Both are fools. -- anonymous