Thank you very much. I believe I'll use an external RTC like the DS1307 or DS3231. I think I can use the Time library for the Arduino and have a battery backup. Furthermore, the Time library actually allows to obtain the time via the internet, so if I'm using the Ethernet shield, I may be able to grab the time that way too. I'm always open for other suggestions or ideas (especially any example projects/code that might utilize these things I've mentioned). Thanks again.
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DataCrypt