How to use the calendar_example to extract the current time

[codebreaker176]

How to extract the current time from the calendar_example, i am not clear with the procedure

[Adeel]

I understand now that the time I am getting is UTC from the NTP server.

How could I convert it to get a time in CEST zone ?

Regards,

Adeel.

[ovrebekk]

Hi Adeel

I must admit I asked myself the same question ;)

The naive way is to simply add 2 hours to the timestamp before you do the conversion. 

If my math is correct two hours should equal 7.200.000 ms, or 7200 seconds. 

I will check with the date_time developer if there is a more elegant way to do this, that checks the local timezone and adjust the time accordingly. 

Best regards
Torbjørn

[Adeel]

Hi Tobjorn,

No worries, You could let me know if you get any heads up on this. I can continue on with the development through this for now :). 

Thanks a lot for the help .

[ovrebekk]

Hi Adeel

The developer basically suggested the same thing ;)

Time zone adjustment will need to happen separately, by adding or subtracting the required number of hours from the timestamp. 

Best regards
Torbjørn

[Adeel]

Hi Tobjorn,

Thanks for the update on this. Yes, I think it makes sense as well since different time zones can adapt differently just by adding the hours based on their difference to the UTC :).

Many thanks, I have adjusted it to my zone by adding the reqd. number of hours :).

Regards,

Adeel.