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System Services, $BINUTC
*Conan The Librarian
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Converts an ASCII string to an absolute time value in the 128-bit
UTC format.
On Alpha and Integrity server systems, this service accepts 64-
bit addresses.
Format
SYS$BINUTC timbuf ,utcadr
C Prototype
int sys$binutc (void *timbuf, unsigned int *utcadr [4]);
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 a local time string. The time
string specifies the absolute time to be converted by $BINUTC.
utcadr
OpenVMS usage:coordinated universal time
type: utc_date_time
access: write only
mechanism: by 32- or 64-bit reference
Time value that $BINUTC has converted. The utcadr argument is
the 32- or 64-bit address of a 16-byte location to receive the
converted time.