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I've added an ntpdate command that will fetch the current time and date from the net. Its based on https://github.com/sandeepmistry/esp826 ... Client.ino .

Now to figure out the best way to return the data into variables. I'm thinking about adding a subcommand to tell it what to return, like:

would set var to "Wed 11 18 2015 05:32:08"

would set var to "Wed"

would set var to " 05:32:08"

would set var to "8"

I'll implement this unless someone devises a better idea.

This would be good to implement as a function.

Would also need a command to set the time zone.

bla = time()
bla = date()

or some thing similar.

A function would be cool, especially for things like :



So I will go that route. This way theres not a lot of string ops that have to be done on the BASIC side in order to pick apart the time/date into vars.

Is this "ntpdate" command working yet??
Has it been added into the latest build of BASIC?

Thanks
dwight