DTsetdate(3dm)							DTsetdate(3dm)

NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     DTsetdate - set a date pack to the	current	time

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <dmedia/dataudio.h>

     void DTsetdate(struct dtdatepack *dp)

PARAMETER    [Toc]    [Back]

     dp	  A pointer to the struct dtdatepack to	be set.

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     DTsetdate sets the	struct dtdatepack, pointed to by dp, to	the current
     system time as reported by	time(2)	and converted to the local timezone by
     localtime(3).  A struct dtdatepack	is defined in dataudio.h as follows:

	      struct dtdatepack	{
		  unchar id:4, dayow:4;
		  struct dtpackedbcd year;
		  struct dtpackedbcd month;
		  struct dtpackedbcd day;
		  struct dtpackedbcd hour;
		  struct dtpackedbcd min;
		  struct dtpackedbcd sec;
		  unchar parity;
	      };


     DTsetdate is useful for printing date and time stamps during recording.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     DTintro(3dm),  DTaddcallback(3dm),	DTatotime(3dm),	DTcreateparser(3dm),
     DTdeleteparser(3dm), DTinctime(3dm), DTparseframe(3dm),
     DTremovecallback(3dm), DTresetparser(3dm),	DTtimetoa(3dm),	datframe(4)

AUTHOR    [Toc]    [Back]

     Mark Callow


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