System time in VB

[redoctober]

Quick question, is it possible to get a system time in VB with precesion to a millisecond? Time and Now give you time only to a second but i need better resolution.

Thanks.

 

[SonOfEmidec1100]

You could try the GetSystemTime API

Public Declare Sub GetSystemTime Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetSystemTime" (lpSystemTime As SYSTEMTIME)
Public Type SYSTEMTIME
        wYear As Integer
        wMonth As Integer
        wDayOfWeek As Integer
        wDay As Integer
        wHour As Integer
        wMinute As Integer
        wSecond As Integer
        wMilliseconds As Integer
End Type

 

[strongm]

Probably worth pointing out that whilst SytemTime has a member called wMilliseconds it is not actually accurate to the millisecond. See my comments in thread222-799934 for an overview of why not.

 

[chiph]

Yup. The system clock in Windows is only accurate to 30 milliseconds or so.

Chip H.


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