How to grab the date and time from the Web

[PepsiHog]

Hello,

Could someone show me how to use the FTP/HTTP commands to grab the date and time from the internet?

I want my program to be able to verify the date and time when it runs. But I don't want it to rely on the system clock.

I just want a variable for the date and time to be set, either combined or two variables, it doesn't matter.

Thanks a bunch,
PepsiHog
MS v11

Also, is there a way to confirm connection to the internet? I have DSL.
I can always make a work-around for this one, so not as important.

[adroege]

Here is something simple

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Let>comma=,
HTTPRequest>http://json-time.appspot.com/time.json,,GET,,result
StringReplace>result,%LF%,,result
StringReplace>result,{,,result
StringReplace>result,},,result
Separate>result,comma,TimeVars
Let>myHour=TimeVars_2
Let>myDateTime=TimeVars_4
Let>mySeconds=TimeVars_5
Let>myMinutes=TimeVars_7
MessageModal>myHour
MessageModal>myDateTime
MessageModal>mySeconds
MessageModal>myMinutes

[PepsiHog]

Thanks, adroege. That's just what I needed.



PepsiHog