Storing date and times from a remote server

server_time()

Store date and times from remote server

SYNTAX

server_time(server, date, time, systime, localtime)

Store the date, time and system time from the server specified into the fields supplied.

server	A text string naming the server, optionally ending with a colon.
date	The date.
time	The time.
systime	The unadjusted system time, set to Greenwich Mean Time.
localtime	The system time corrected for the local time zone and for daylight savings.

The date, time, systime and localtime fields should normally have the following logical types:

date	/dn
time	/ts
systime	/td
localtime	/td

However, these logical types are not mandatory.

The function returns 0 if successful, otherwise -1.

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NOTES

• The equivalent local values are contained in the Sculptor system variables sys.Date, sys.Time and sys.SysTime and sys.LocalTime.

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EXAMPLE

!temp ServDate,"Server date", i4/dn
!temp ServTime,"Server time",u3/ts
!temp ServSysTime,"Server system time",i4/td
!temp ServLocalTime, "Server local time",i4/td

     server_time ("myserver:", ServDate, ServTime, ServSysTime, ServLocalTime)

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RELATED TOPICS

Servers

Logical field types