I missed the beginning of this thread so I'm probably missing the point here, but what's wrong with using the LC "internet date"? Pete Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com>
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Bob Sneidar <b...@twft.com> wrote: > I may have sent you a version that was bugged. This is the final one I came > up with: > > function realTime theFormat, useOffset > if useOffset is empty then put false into useOffset > put "http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/timer.pl"; into theURL > get url theURL > put it into theResult > filter theResult with "<BR>*UTC*" > replace "<BR>" with empty in theResult > put word 1 to 3 of theResult into theResult > if useOffset then > put word -1 of theResult into theTime > put word -1 of the internet date into theZoneOffset > put theZoneOffset /100 into theZoneOffset > set the itemdelimiter to ":" > put (item 1 of theTime + theZoneOffset) into item 1 of theTime > put theTime into word -1 of theResult > end if > > if theFormat is "seconds" then > put word -1 of theResult into theResult > convert theResult to seconds > end if > > return theResult > end realTime > > Bob > > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
