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to: Gerry Danen
from: George White
date: 1998-09-30 06:56:00
subject: Division by time?!

Hi Gerry,

GD> GW> You have to do it yourself :-(.

GD> GW> t.ti_sec = t.ti_sec + 61;
GD> GW> if (60 <= t.ti_sec)
GD> GW> {
GD> GW> t.ti_sec -= 60;
GD> GW> t.ti_min += 1;
GD> GW> if (60 <= t.ti_min)
GD> GW> {
GD> GW> t.ti_min -= 60;
GD> GW> t.ti_hour += 1;
GD> GW> if (24 <= t.ti_hour)
GD> GW> t.ti_hour -= 24;
GD> GW> }
GD> GW> }

GD>Doesn't that structure also hold day, month, etc.?

Nope :-). The "time" structure is an extension to ANSI C, it's specific
to MS/PCDOS and is in reality the data structure used by INT 21
Functions 0x2C and 0x2D.

The one that is standard C and holds everything is the "tm" structure.

George

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