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pSOS+ System Calls tm_get
tm_get Obtains the system’s current version of the date and time.
#include
unsigned long tm_get(
unsigned long *date, /* year/month/day */
unsigned long *time, /* hour:minute:second */
unsigned long *ticks /* ticks */
)
Description
Arguments
Return Value
This service call returns the system’s current version of the date and time-of-day. If
the system has no real-time clock, the returned values are meaningless.
date Points to the variable where tm_get() stores the date. date is
encoded as follows:
Field Bits
Year, A.D. 31-16
Month (1-12) 15-8
Day (1-31) 7-0
time Points to the variable where tm_get() stores the time. time is
encoded as follows:
Field Bits
Hour (0-23) 31-16
Minute (0-59) 15-8
Second (0-59) 7-0
ticks Points to the variable where tm_get() stores the number of ticks
from the last second of the time argument.
This system call returns 0 on success, or an error code on failure.
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