battclock.library Reference¶

Comprehensive function reference for battclock.library, synthesised from the AmigaOS NDK 3.2 Release 4 (Autodocs/AG/battclock).

This page documents 3 functions of battclock.library. Each function entry follows the canonical autodoc format. struct Name, union Name, enum Name are clickable links to the type definition in the types reference.

Function index¶

• ReadBattClock()
• ResetBattClock()
• WriteBattClock()

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ReadBattClock()¶

ReadBattClock -- Read time from clock chip. (V36)

Synopsis

AmigaTime = ReadBattClock( )

ULONG ReadBattClock( void ); D0

Function

This routine reads the time from the clock chip and returns it as the number of seconds from 01-jan-1978.

Results

AmigaTime The number of seconds from 01-Jan-1978 that the clock chip thinks it is.

Notes

If the clock chip returns an invalid date, the clock chip is reset and 0 is returned.

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ResetBattClock()¶

ResetBattClock -- Reset the clock chip. (V36)

Synopsis

ResetBattClock( )

void ResetBattClock( void );

Function

This routine does whatever is neeeded to put the clock chip into a working and usable state and also sets the date on the clock chip to 01-Jan-1978.

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WriteBattClock()¶

WriteBattClock -- Set the time on the clock chip. (V36)

Synopsis

WriteBattClock( AmigaTime ) D0

void WriteBattClock( ULONG );

Function

This routine writes the time given in AmigaTime to the clock chip.

Inputs

AmigaTime The number of seconds from 01-Jan-1978 to the time that should be written to the clock chip.

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