Rtc timing

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Hello,
I'm sure this has been answered before but I couldent find a clear answer on here. Please redirect me if you know of a previous thread.

I hooked up a rtc and its running fine. My question is how to set up duration events given that it's not a continuous output like millis(). I can use millis()-stampedtime>= 3000 for example to have something happen for a 3000 ms duration.

My best thought was to have t.sec (second output 0-59 from the rtc) checked and if different from last check then to increment a variable by 1. Once this variable == 3 then three seconds would have passed and the action would take place.
Is this the best way or?
Thank you

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Just because you have an RTC, it doesn't mean you have to use it for everything.
Standard millis() techniques will still work fine.

RTC is good for long term time keeping. However, since its resolution is relatively low (one second), it's not very good at short periods.

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Thank you. I'm currently checking the time as

If(t.hour==17){
If(t.min==15){
If(t.sec>=0){
Do action;
}}}

I know these are generally library specific, but isnt there usually a compound (parsed) way of checking and comparing the time in a single function ?
Pseudo example
If(time==17.15.00){
Do Action;
}

Also if I write it as

If((t.hour==17) && ( t.min==15) && (t.sec>=0)){
Do action;
}

It doesn't function. Do if functions have a limited number of arguments?

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