> HI,
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> I have the RTCC on my PIC32  running and all is well but I need to conver=
t from
> POSIX to BCD to set the RTCC and from BDC to POSIX to TimeStamp out bound=
 data
> packets. As this would be a frequent requirement for most systems that ar=
e
> communicating with networked devices I was surprised that PLIB has no fun=
ctions to
> convert between POSIX TIME format and BCD.
>=20
> Have I overlooked something (I often do with Microchip Documentation) or =
has any one
> else created such functions and willing to share?
>=20
> I am not a LINIX or PC person so have never worked with POSIX TIME format=
.. From what
> I can find in Google it is a 64Bit Int that counts seconds from midnight =
on the 1st
> Jan 1979. The PIC32 RTCC counts from 1st Jan 2000, so I need to add or su=
btract an
> offset in seconds and do the BCD conversions, But how are leap years cate=
red for in
> that calculation?
>=20
> If no one has code for this I would really appreciate some pointers to he=
lp me
> create the functions.

Microchip came out with an app note recently on converting between their RT=
C chip and Linux time.

Look at http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/AppNotes/01412A.pdf for furth=
er info.


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