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TimeStamp

Synopsis

     type
       TimeStamp = packed record
         DateValid,
         TimeValid  : Boolean;
         Year       : Integer;
         Month      : 1 .. 12;
         Day        : 1 .. 31;
         DayOfWeek  : 0 .. 6;   { 0 means Sunday }
         Hour       : 0 .. 23;
         Minute     : 0 .. 59;
         Second     : 0 .. 61;  { to allow for leap seconds }
         MicroSecond: 0 .. 999999;
         TimeZone   : Integer;  { in seconds east of UTC }
         DST        : Boolean;
         TZName1,
         TZName2    : String (32);
       end;

Description

The TimeStamp record holds all the information about a particular time. You can get the current time with GetTimeStamp and you can get the date or time in a printable form using the Date and Time functions.

Conforming to

TimeStamp is an ISO 10206 Extended Pascal extension. The fields DateValid, TimeValid, Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minute, Second are required by Extended Pascal, the other ones are GNU Pascal extensions.

Example

     program TimeStampDemo;
     
     var
       t: TimeStamp;
     
     begin
       GetTimeStamp (t);
       WriteLn ('DateValid: ', t.DateValid);
       WriteLn ('TimeValid: ', t.TimeValid);
       WriteLn ('Year: ', t.Year);
       WriteLn ('Month: ', t.Month);
       WriteLn ('Day: ', t.Day);
       WriteLn ('DayOfWeek (0 .. 6, 0=Sunday): ', t.DayOfWeek);
       WriteLn ('Hour (0 .. 23): ', t.Hour);
       WriteLn ('Minute (0 .. 59): ', t.Minute);
       WriteLn ('Second (0 .. 61): ', t.Second);
       WriteLn ('MicroSecond (0 .. 999999): ', t.MicroSecond);
       WriteLn ('TimeZone (in seconds east of UTC): ', t.TimeZone);
       WriteLn ('DST: ', t.DST);
       WriteLn ('TZName1: ', t.TZName1);
       WriteLn ('TZName2: ', t.TZName2);
       WriteLn;
       WriteLn ('Date is: ', Date (t));
       WriteLn ('Time is: ', Time (t));
     end.

See also

GetTimeStamp, Date, Time, Date And Time Routines.