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matherp
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Sorry but makes no sense to allow TIME$ to return a different value from the system time but see the beta thread where thwill has provided you with the concept for a solution using the updated beta just posted
 
Chopperp

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OK.

Got a workable solution using TIMER & resetting that on the incoming GPS time.

(Not sure which part of Tom's stuff you were referring to in the other post. Most of it goes way over my head   )

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  Chopperp said  OK.

Got a workable solution using TIMER & resetting that on the incoming GPS time.

(Not sure which part of Tom's stuff you were referring to in the other post. Most of it goes way over my head   )

Brian


I pretty much suggested* exactly what you did - great minds

* OK, I didn't explicitly suggest it, I investigated whether it was possible to use the TIMER as a separate clock and then reported an error I found along the way.

Best wishes,

Tom
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  thwill said  * OK, I didn't explicitly suggest it, I investigated whether it was possible to use the TIMER as a separate clock and then reported an error I found along the way.


Tom, were you actually able to use the TIMER as a separate clock after all that?

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  Chopperp said  Tom, were you actually able to use the TIMER as a separate clock after all that?


Hi Brian,

I didn't investigate much further, but in theory:

' Initialise the Timer from the system clock:
Timer = Epoch(Now) * 1000

' Print/query the Timer as if it were a clock:
Print DateTime$(Timer \ 1000)


At this point the Timer is independent of the clock but ticking at approximately the same speed. I imagine they will slowly drift apart since if you are online the system clock will (probably) be receiving updates from a time service and even if you are offline they may not be getting updated via exactly the same mechanism - the details are outside my pay grade .

Best wishes,

Tom
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Chopperp

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Hi Tom

Thanks for that.

Something to ponder. (Probably well above my pay grade as well)

Keep up the good work.

Brian
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