How do I put the Time and Date on LCD display?

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I am new at thing whole arduino circuit stuff. I am trying to display the Day of week, date and Time on the LCD display and I do not know how to make it count the actual seconds and change time/day when it is supposed to. However, I have gotten the display to work and display words :slight_smile:

Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!!

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Are you asking how to program the Arduino as a clock, a sort of timepiece?
Or do you have some sort of peripheral in mind?
What then?

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http://www.instructables.com/files/orig/FY6/V2T1/I86UC5TT/FY6V2T1I86UC5TT.txt

the date remains the same tho

i am using the following

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ggghhy:
http://www.instructables.com/files/orig/FY6/V2T1/I86UC5TT/FY6V2T1I86UC5TT.txt

the date remains the same tho

There's a line in setup() that knocks out the "date" from a simple string,
lcd.print("Apr, 15, 2013"); // print out the date
but nowhere is any date-related data read from the RTC module.
Mystery Solved.

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So, you are currently not using your RTC module at all, just the millis() from the Arduino.

You need to go through this to learn how to use your RTC module:

Then use the ideas from there, and use the RTC module instead of millis() to get your date and time.