SETTIME

• Source: https://www.freebasic.net/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=KeyPgSettime
• Last revised: 2017-01-23

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Sets the current system time

Syntax

` declare function Settime ( byref newtime as const string ) as long

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Usage

` result = Settime( newtime )

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Parameters

newtime

the new time to set

Return Value

Returns zero on success or non-zero on failure on all ports except DOS.

Description

To set the time, format the date and send to Settime in one of the following formats: "hh:mm:ss", "hh:mm", or "hh" (hh is the hour, mm is the minute, and ss is the second).

The error code returned by Settime can be checked using Err in the next line. The function version of Settime returns directly the error code as a 32 bit Long.

Examples

start GeSHi

SetTime "1:20:30"

end GeSHi

Platform Differences

• On Windows the privilege SE_SYSTEMTIME_NAME is required, which typically means that the calling process has to be run with administrator privileges.
• On Linux the capability CAP_SYS_TIME is required, which typically means that the calling process has to be run as root/superuser.

Differences from QB

• The Time statement was used QB and the syntax was TIME = newtime.

See also

• Time
• Setdate

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