> hmmm..i gotto stay wake late tonite and actually check this out!!
Why not set the time on the Palm to 23:59 and wait :-)
VM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:60763@palm-dev-forum...
>
> ok, i may be a little off track here,
>
> is your stuff based on 1 sec intervals - maybe you could change your
> algorithm if no one knows what "Palm does" :)
>
> I do something where I 1 sec counters, so I use TimGetSeconds(), and store
> the prev time as a static variable. that way I can get 1 second intervals
> and i'm not sure its going to get interrupted at midnite... but i could be
> wrong...
>
> hmmm..i gotto stay wake late tonite and actually check this out!!
>
> vm
> http://homecreations.tripod.com
>
> "Herbert Valliant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:60734@palm-dev-forum...
> >
> > Dear Listers
> >
> > Can anyone tell me what happens in a Palm IIIxe exactly at midnight?
> >
> > I have a real-time application that must operate regularly at one
> > second intervals. Within the event-loop I use the tick counter to
> > determine when I am within 10 ticks of the new second and then I
> > poll the second counter. At the second change I launch my control
> > algorithm. I do it this way because it was determined in a
> > previous thread on this list that ticks are not an accurate
> > measure of elapsed time.
> >
> > This scheme works great except for exactly at midnight. I have a
> > one second counter that appears on the screen. It normally counts
> > very regularly. However, there is approximately a three second
> > delay following 24:00. The questiion is what is PalmOS doing at
> > midnight that interrupts my program and is there any way to
> > prevent it from happening.
> >
> > Sincerely and thanks in advance for any advice
> >
> > Herb Valliant
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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