It seems times and dates are tough in arduino as they are in HTML, CF and SQL.
Let me try to ask the question like this: The the following example code, i would like to add a variable called current time. Then i would like to store the time in the variable and then print it.
The code below is the timeNTP example from the arduino web site. I added what i would like to do in commented sections but I don’t have the code correct. Maybe someone could help:)
/*
* Time_NTP.pde
* Example showing time sync to NTP time source
*
* This sketch uses the Ethernet library
*/
#include <Time.h>
#include <Ethernet.h>
#include <EthernetUdp.h>
#include <SPI.h>
byte mac[] = { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0xFE, 0xED };
// NTP Servers:
IPAddress timeServer(132, 163, 4, 101); // time-a.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov
// IPAddress timeServer(132, 163, 4, 102); // time-b.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov
// IPAddress timeServer(132, 163, 4, 103); // time-c.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov
const int timeZone = 1; // Central European Time
//const int timeZone = -5; // Eastern Standard Time (USA)
//const int timeZone = -4; // Eastern Daylight Time (USA)
//const int timeZone = -8; // Pacific Standard Time (USA)
//const int timeZone = -7; // Pacific Daylight Time (USA)
EthernetUDP Udp;
unsigned int localPort = 8888; // local port to listen for UDP packets
//===========================================================
I would like to declare a variable here called curTIme:
ie:
curTime = (hour(), min())
//============================================================
void setup()
{
Serial.begin(9600);
while (!Serial) ; // Needed for Leonardo only
delay(250);
Serial.println("TimeNTP Example");
if (Ethernet.begin(mac) == 0) {
// no point in carrying on, so do nothing forevermore:
while (1) {
Serial.println("Failed to configure Ethernet using DHCP");
delay(10000);
}
}
Serial.print("IP number assigned by DHCP is ");
Serial.println(Ethernet.localIP());
Udp.begin(localPort);
Serial.println("waiting for sync");
setSyncProvider(getNtpTime);
Serial.println();
//=========================================================
I would like to then print "curTime"
Serial.println(curTime);
//=========================================================
}
time_t prevDisplay = 0; // when the digital clock was displayed
void loop()
{
if (timeStatus() != timeNotSet) {
if (now() != prevDisplay) { //update the display only if time has changed
prevDisplay = now();
digitalClockDisplay();
}
}
}
void digitalClockDisplay(){
// digital clock display of the time
Serial.print(hour());
printDigits(minute());
printDigits(second());
Serial.print(" ");
Serial.print(day());
Serial.print(" ");
Serial.print(month());
Serial.print(" ");
Serial.print(year());
Serial.println();
}
void printDigits(int digits){
// utility for digital clock display: prints preceding colon and leading 0
Serial.print(":");
if(digits < 10)
Serial.print('0');
Serial.print(digits);
}
/*-------- NTP code ----------*/
const int NTP_PACKET_SIZE = 48; // NTP time is in the first 48 bytes of message
byte packetBuffer[NTP_PACKET_SIZE]; //buffer to hold incoming & outgoing packets
time_t getNtpTime()
{
while (Udp.parsePacket() > 0) ; // discard any previously received packets
Serial.println("Transmit NTP Request");
sendNTPpacket(timeServer);
uint32_t beginWait = millis();
while (millis() - beginWait < 1500) {
int size = Udp.parsePacket();
if (size >= NTP_PACKET_SIZE) {
Serial.println("Receive NTP Response");
Udp.read(packetBuffer, NTP_PACKET_SIZE); // read packet into the buffer
unsigned long secsSince1900;
// convert four bytes starting at location 40 to a long integer
secsSince1900 = (unsigned long)packetBuffer[40] << 24;
secsSince1900 |= (unsigned long)packetBuffer[41] << 16;
secsSince1900 |= (unsigned long)packetBuffer[42] << 8;
secsSince1900 |= (unsigned long)packetBuffer[43];
return secsSince1900 - 2208988800UL + timeZone * SECS_PER_HOUR;
}
}
Serial.println("No NTP Response :-(");
return 0; // return 0 if unable to get the time
}
// send an NTP request to the time server at the given address
void sendNTPpacket(IPAddress &address)
{
// set all bytes in the buffer to 0
memset(packetBuffer, 0, NTP_PACKET_SIZE);
// Initialize values needed to form NTP request
// (see URL above for details on the packets)
packetBuffer[0] = 0b11100011; // LI, Version, Mode
packetBuffer[1] = 0; // Stratum, or type of clock
packetBuffer[2] = 6; // Polling Interval
packetBuffer[3] = 0xEC; // Peer Clock Precision
// 8 bytes of zero for Root Delay & Root Dispersion
packetBuffer[12] = 49;
packetBuffer[13] = 0x4E;
packetBuffer[14] = 49;
packetBuffer[15] = 52;
// all NTP fields have been given values, now
// you can send a packet requesting a timestamp:
Udp.beginPacket(address, 123); //NTP requests are to port 123
Udp.write(packetBuffer, NTP_PACKET_SIZE);
Udp.endPacket();
}