On Jun 29, 2007, at 10:58 AM, joe at strout dot net wrote:
> I think it would be perfectly accurate to use Microseconds in
> combination with New Date. Here's what I would do, off the top of my
> head:
>
> 1. In initialization, go into a tight loop where you repeatedly get
> the
> New Date until you see Floor(TotalSeconds) change.
>
> 2. Immediately get the Microseconds value, and store it away. Now you
> have a base Microseconds value aligned with clock seconds.
>
> 3. Now whenever you need a time to a 10th of a second, get a New Date,
> and get the Microseconds value. From the latter subtract the base
> value you stored in step 2, divide this down to 10ths of a second, and
> take that mod 10. That's your 10th of a second -- multiply by 0.1 and
> add to the TotalSeconds from the date.
>
> Cheers,
> - Joe
Joe,
Thanks, this is what Paul suggested. Works fine.
Thanks,
Dave
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