What library should be used to get time and date on regular intervals for controlling purposes? Paul Stoffregen developed the TimeLib.h library which seems to call for NTPpackets over UDP which need to be parsed while NTPClient.h simply calls for an update of timeClient.update() NTPClient.h unless…

[image] brice3010: NTPClient.h unless I am mistaken can only get time and day of the week. What makes you think that? Excerpted frpm NTPClient.h : int getDay() const; int getHours() const; int getMinutes() const; int getSeconds() const; ... /** * @return time formatt…

TimeLib.h or NTPClient.h

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brice3010 October 4, 2025, 6:10am 9

@noiasca Not in ...\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\esp8266\hardware\esp8266\3.1.2\libraries

Where should I search?

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TimeLib.h or NTPClient.h

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