_time_set doesnt save time

[kdavis]

I am using a MCF54418 with MQX 3.8.1, when I am updating the time using _time_set() then read immediately after using time_get() the times do not match, the get time is still the time from up (usually a few seconds) where as I tried setting the seconds to 1356048000. Can anyone possibly shed some light on this? Thank you in advance.

[c0170]

Hello Kevin davis,

can you share some code, project or at least code snippet, just to be sure I test the same scenario which you have been having problems. It makes an entire process faster. Thank you.

Regards,

MartinK

[kdavis]

Oh sure thing, sorry I prolly should have thought of it. This first part is from my main,

TIME_STRUCT mqx_time;
mqx_time.SECONDS = 1356048000;
_time_set(&mqx_time);
_time_get(&mqx_time);
printf("seconds = %i",mqx_time.SECONDS);

This always prints 0 for seconds. when it should be printing what I set it to right above, 1356048000. I traced it as far into the PSP as I can understand, and I see some values change in the kernel, but I don't necessarily know how to tell if its doing that correctly.

[PhilH]

I notice you are not looking at the return values.  I suspect the "_time_set()" at line 3 is failing.  I see 2 errors in your code.  1) you are using an uninitialized value from the stack.  2) incorrect value for printf format string

The code should look like:

1. TIME_STRUCT mqx_time;
2. mqx_time.SECONDS = 1356048000; 
3. mqx_time.MILLISECONDS = 0;
   
4. _time_set(&mqx_time); 
5. _time_get(&mqx_time); 
6. printf("seconds = %u",mqx_time.SECONDS); 

[kdavis]

You are correct about those other errors, and I have changed those with no impact, however mqh.h defines the functions as follows

extern void                 _time_get(TIME_STRUCT_PTR);

extern void                 _time_set(TIME_STRUCT_PTR);

[c0170]

Hello Kevin Davis,

I tested this on K60 because I do not have currently MCF board available, and it worked as expected. This is basic functionality which must work out of box, there was one bug in _psp_ticks_to_time but that does not have any impact on your result.

Check locals in your debugger if there's really 0 in TIME_STRUCT :smileywink:

Regards,

MartinK

[kdavis]

I know, thats why its so strange, and it was working the other day, could I have changed something in the BSP to disable the time functions or something along those lines?

Also here is the value of the time struct after get

mqx_time	0x440089e8	0x440089e8
	SECONDS	0	0x440089e8
	MILLISECONDS	25	0x440089ec

[kdavis · Accepted solution]

I found the issue, it actually was due to something a coworker commited, for some reason they removed the add_ticks part to get_time, so it only ever returned the time from the start. Not sure why they did that yet, but that is what happened, thanks for your help!