Date   : Tue, 28 Nov 2000 08:09:37 +0000
From   : Mike Tomlinson <mike@...>
Subject: Re: How to set the RTC? [Was: Re: Help us please!]

>> Brian Hughes wrote:
>> 
>> Hi
>> 
>> A disabled friend of ours has a BBC Micro and the date has bad...
>> 
>> We do not know how to fix it, we have downloaded some documents from
>> your site but we are at a loss.
>> 
>> if we type :
>> *time - we get I,FF  I 19FF.21:41:33
>> 
>> we are unable to use the *settime we have tried but we get a bad
>> command
>> 
>> how can we set the date ?

at the BASIC prompt, type TIME$="Tue,28 Nov 2000.08:05:00"
                                    ^
note there must be no space after the comma and the string must be 24
characters long.  To check it's entered OK, type *TIME or PRINT TIME$.

loss of date/time implies that the battery in the machine is dead.  You
may well want to replace it in case it leaks and causes damage.

Mike

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