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Re: real date & time



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In a message dated 98-07-08 11:15:23 EDT, colin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> Does anyone have a function for returning the real time. CurrentTime 
> returns
>  the data feed time (with an adjustment for offset). To me the real time is
>  the time taken from an atomic clock, which PC's can poll over the internet
>  at predetermined intervals.
>  

Colin

      I set my pc clock to the Naval Bureau of Standard once a day, and it
matches the BMI feed Plus or minues 2 to 3 seconds all day.    Out of
curiosity, what on earth in the trading world could require greater accuracy
than that.

                              Pete