MHGETNISTTIME

Use this routine to get the UNC time (GMT) from the Time and Frequency Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

perform "_mhgetnisttime"

dummyu1=$51

The result is formatted as: d/m/yyyy h:mm:ss. (eg: 7/1/2002 4:07:09).

This value will be acurate regardless of the client computer's clock or any other network clock.

Notes:

This function is available for all Windows and Unix platforms supported by Uniface.

The official web site of NIST is: http://www.boulder.nist.gov/timefreq/

This service should not be used to measure frequency or time interval.

Alternative Signature Definition (Uniface 7.2/8.2):

int getnisttime(unsigned char *nisttimestr)