From: "Paul Derbyshire" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: getdate() Lines: 14 Organization: The Chaos Zone MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 03:21:46 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.172.182.118 NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 23:21:46 EST To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk I notice the function getdate() to obtain the system clock date is in dos.h. Something tells me this isn't an ANSI or POSIX header. Is there a platform-independent method of obtaining the system clock date??? -- .*. "Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not -() < circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a `*' straight line." ------------------------------------------------ -- B. Mandelbrot | Paul Derbyshire (PGD) ao950 AT freenet DOT carleton DOT ca ______________________ ____|_____________ pderbysh AT usa DOT net Programmer & Humanist | ICQ: 10423848 | http://chat.carleton.ca/~pderbysh