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AppGameKit Classic Chat / Appworld problem

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polomint
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Posted: 8th May 2012 09:37 Edited at: 8th May 2012 09:38
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I submitted a simple digital clock app to BlackBerry AppWorld just to make sure I understood the submission process, and it was refused. The only reason given was

Time indicated on the apps is incorrect, the time indicated doesn't accordance with the time available to the BlackBerry PlayBook

All I did was GetCurrentTime() and then display it using large sprites. Any idea what they are complaining about? I had the app running on my PB for hours and it always displayed correctly,

Blackberry App Development & ZX Spectrum Game Development.
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polomint
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Posted: 8th May 2012 11:31
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AHA!!! I never noticed before, but GetCurrentTime() does not take into account daylight saving time.
Time to figure out how to do the adjustment properly,

Blackberry App Development & ZX Spectrum Game Development.
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LeeBamber
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Posted: 14th May 2012 18:15
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You can post a feature request for the command to account for this in this board: http://code.google.com/p/agk/issues/list

I drink tea, and in my spare time I write software.
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Impetus73
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Posted: 14th May 2012 18:22
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I guess there are some timeservers online, that you can download the time from with the new HTTP commands? or not?

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Did Amiga / AMOS programming in the 90's, just started programming again with AGK.
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LeeBamber
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Posted: 14th May 2012 18:30
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Looks like Paul fixed this as I was typing my post Watch out for build 1074

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