Stop Watch

Paulsh · September 21st, 2004, 09:49 AM

I am trying to record a record in a database each time I hit the enter button. I want to record a DATE/TIME field but more specifically I just need the extended time. In other words hh:mm:ss:ss where the final two "ss" refer to the miliseconds. Is this possible and if so, how do I achieve thsi.

Thanks in advance.
Paul

Braxis · September 22nd, 2004, 09:48 AM

Have you tried the GetSystemTime API call?

Here's the entry from the API Guide:

Code:

Private Declare Sub GetSystemTime Lib "kernel32" (lpSystemTime As SYSTEMTIME)
Private Type SYSTEMTIME
    wYear As Integer
    wMonth As Integer
    wDayOfWeek As Integer
    wDay As Integer
    wHour As Integer
    wMinute As Integer
    wSecond As Integer
    wMilliseconds As Integer
End Type
Private Sub Form_Load()
    'KPD-Team 1998
    'URL: http://www.allapi.net/
    '[email protected]
    Dim SysTime As SYSTEMTIME
    'Get the system time
    GetSystemTime SysTime
    'Print it to the form
    Debug.Print "The System Date is:" & SysTime.wMonth & "-" & SysTime.wDay & "-" & SysTime.wYear
    Me.Print "The System Time is:" & SysTime.wHour & ":" & SysTime.wMinute & ":" & SysTime.wSecond & ":" & SysTime.wMilliSeconds
End Sub

Brian Skelton
Braxis Computer Services Ltd.

Paulsh · September 22nd, 2004, 11:06 AM

Thank you very much. This works a treat.
I now have the challenge of determining how to maniputate SYSTEMTIME variable within a database record.

Braxis · September 22nd, 2004, 12:10 PM

I'm not sure why you need the milliseconds, so I may be totally off base, but I would probably hold the standard date/time data in a date time field and then create a seperate integer field to hold the millisecond data.

Brian Skelton
Braxis Computer Services Ltd.