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From: <skulski{([at]})nowhere.xy
To: "BlackBox Mailing List" <blackbox{([at]})nowhere.xy
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 7:07 PM
Subject: [BlackBox] - System time in BB
> Chris:
>
> I am using Services.Ticks now, but it is not ideal for me because it
> returns the time in milliseconds since BB was started. I.e., the
> "Ticks = 0" is the time when I double-clicked on the BB icon.
> I need an absolute day time for data logging, with the resolution of 1 ms.
>
> I do not understand you assertion that the time is accurate
> to within 10-20 ms. Could you please explain?
>
> W.
Wojtek,
What do you mean exactly by "day time"? Do you mean UTC (Greenwich) time?
local time? What should be the time origin?
There are five different times defined in Windows, with different
resolutions.
Gérard
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