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System Services, $BINTIM
*Conan The Librarian
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Converts an ASCII string to an absolute or delta time value in
the system 64-bit time format suitable for input to the Set Timer
($SETIMR) or Schedule Wakeup ($SCHDWK) service.
On Alpha and Integrity server systems, this service accepts 64-
bit addresses.
Format
SYS$BINTIM timbuf ,timadr
C Prototype
int sys$bintim (void *timbuf, struct _generic_64 *timadr);
timbuf
OpenVMS usage:time_name
type: character-coded text string
access: read only
mechanism: by 32- or 64-bit descriptor-fixed-length string
descriptor
Buffer that holds the ASCII time to be converted. The timbuf
argument specifies the 32- or 64-bit address of a character
string descriptor pointing to the time string. The time string
specifies the absolute or delta time to be converted by $BINTIM.
timadr
OpenVMS usage:date_time
type: quadword
access: write only
mechanism: by 32- or 64-bit reference
Time value that $BINTIM has converted. The timadr argument is the
32- or 64-bit address of the quadword system time, which receives
the converted time.