Real Time

Page last updated 08 Dec 2009, by Lajos Andras. 0 replies 

// Example to setup the Real-Time Clock from a terminal, sford

#include "mbed.h"

int main() {

    // get the current time from the terminal
    struct tm t;
    printf("Enter current date and time:\n");
    printf("YYYY MM DD HH MM SS[enter]\n");    
    scanf("%d %d %d %d %d %d", &t.tm_year, &t.tm_mon, &t.tm_mday
                             , &t.tm_hour, &t.tm_min, &t.tm_sec);

    // adjust for tm structure required values
    t.tm_year = t.tm_year - 1900;
    t.tm_mon = t.tm_mon - 1;
    
    // set the time
    set_time(mktime(&t));
        
    // display the time
    while(1) {    
        time_t seconds = time(NULL);
        printf("Time as a basic string = %s", ctime(&seconds));
        wait(1);
    }
}

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