Thanks folks, Array, that's the one! ok the 12 makes sense now lol, I could not see any other reason than some sort of wraparound or similar which is why I put 13 for my mOnth code.
Now I have changed the second number to 9 to represent September..
Getting a new error "initializer-string for array of chars is too long [-fpermissive]"
I best read up on arrays I guess lol...
Now here is the code with the change I made...
// Date and time functions using a DS3231 RTC connected via I2C and Wire lib
#include "RTClib.h"
RTC_DS3231 rtc;
char daysOfTheWeek[7][9] = {"Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday"};
char mOnth[12][9] = {"January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"};
void setup () {
Serial.begin(57600);
#ifndef ESP8266
while (!Serial); // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for native USB
#endif
if (! rtc.begin()) {
Serial.println("Couldn't find RTC");
Serial.flush();
while (1) delay(10);
}
if (rtc.lostPower()) {
Serial.println("RTC lost power, let's set the time!");
// When time needs to be set on a new device, or after a power loss, the
// following line sets the RTC to the date & time this sketch was compiled
rtc.adjust(DateTime(F(__DATE__), F(__TIME__)));
// This line sets the RTC with an explicit date & time, for example to set
// January 21, 2014 at 3am you would call:
// rtc.adjust(DateTime(2021, 12, 27, 12, 25, 00));
}
// When time needs to be re-set on a previously configured device, the
// following line sets the RTC to the date & time this sketch was compiled
// rtc.adjust(DateTime(F(__DATE__), F(__TIME__)));
// This line sets the RTC with an explicit date & time, for example to set
// January 21, 2014 at 3am you would call:
// rtc.adjust(DateTime(2014, 1, 21, 3, 0, 0));
}
void loop () {
DateTime now = rtc.now();
Serial.print(now.year(), DEC);
Serial.print('/');
Serial.print(now.month(), DEC);
Serial.print('/');
Serial.print(mOnth[now.month()]);
Serial.print(" ");
Serial.print(now.day(), DEC);
Serial.print(" (");
Serial.print(daysOfTheWeek[now.dayOfTheWeek()]);
Serial.print(") ");
Serial.print(now.dayOfTheWeek(), DEC);
Serial.print(") ");
Serial.print(now.hour(), DEC);
Serial.print(':');
Serial.print(now.minute(), DEC);
Serial.print(':');
Serial.print(now.second(), DEC);
Serial.println();
Serial.print(" since midnight 1/1/1970 = ");
Serial.print(now.unixtime());
Serial.print("s = ");
Serial.print(now.unixtime() / 86400L);
Serial.println("d");
// calculate a date which is 7 days, 12 hours, 30 minutes, 6 seconds into the future
DateTime future (now + TimeSpan(7,12,30,6));
Serial.print(" now + 7d + 12h + 30m + 6s: ");
Serial.print(future.year(), DEC);
Serial.print('/');
Serial.print(future.month(), DEC);
Serial.print('/');
Serial.print(future.day(), DEC);
Serial.print(' ');
Serial.print(future.hour(), DEC);
Serial.print(':');
Serial.print(future.minute(), DEC);
Serial.print(':');
Serial.print(future.second(), DEC);
Serial.println();
Serial.print("Temperature: ");
Serial.print(rtc.getTemperature());
Serial.println(" C");
Serial.println();
delay(3000);
}
