GetCurrentTime() strange behaviour

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JohnStabler

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Posted: 9th Feb 2016 21:04

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If I use Print(GetCurrentTime()) it seems to work fine. However, if I try and assign it to a variable it doesn't work. Can anybody else replicate?

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Posted: 9th Feb 2016 21:10 Edited at: 9th Feb 2016 21:14

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Use:

t$ = GetCurrentTime()
Print(t$)

It shows as a string.

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Posted at same TIME haha

I think maybe was trying to put the time into an integer variable and thats why didn't work?

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Posted: 9th Feb 2016 21:10

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Seems fine here.

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// Project: timetest 
// Created: 2016-02-09

// set window properties
SetWindowTitle( "timetest" )
SetWindowSize( 1024, 768, 0 )

// set display properties
SetVirtualResolution( 1024, 768 )
SetOrientationAllowed( 1, 1, 1, 1 )

time$ = GetCurrentTime()

do
    Print( "time when started : " + time$ )
	print( "Current time : " + getcurrenttime())
    Sync()
loop

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Posted: 10th Feb 2016 21:55

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Thanks guys. I'm pretty sure I used a string variable and still had issues. But it seems to be working now. Maybe I was just being a muppet.

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Posted: 10th Feb 2016 23:00

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Actually, something still isn't right. In the code below, if you run it then it appears to work (it prints the hours and minutes only). However, if you set a breakpoint before the print command and then debug the t$ variable appears to be empty. It's as if the Print() command is necessary to evaluate the GetCurrentDate() function. This is no good if I'm just trying to get the string to use in operations that don't output it.

Or is my AppGameKit IDE playing tricks on me?

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// Project: test
// Created: 2016-02-10

// set window properties
SetWindowTitle( "test" )
SetWindowSize( 1024, 768, 0 )

// set display properties
SetVirtualResolution( 1024, 768 )
SetOrientationAllowed( 1, 1, 1, 1 )

do

	t$ = GetCurrentTime()
	t$ = Left(t$, 5)
    Print( t$ )
    Sync()
loop

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CJB

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Posted: 11th Feb 2016 00:30

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This code just uses the string in operations that don't output the time

Looks like it is working as it should. I haven't played with the debugger that much so not sure how it is supposed to behave.

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// Project: test
// Created: 2016-02-10
 
// set window properties
SetWindowTitle( "test" )
SetWindowSize( 1024, 768, 0 )
 
// set display properties
SetVirtualResolution( 1024, 768 )
SetOrientationAllowed( 1, 1, 1, 1 )
 
do
 
    t$ = GetCurrentTime()
    t$ = Left(t$, 5)

	if len(t$) > 1
		print("There's definitely something in t$")
	else
		print("Oh wow! t$ is empty!")
	endif

    Sync()
loop

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Posted: 11th Feb 2016 08:37 Edited at: 11th Feb 2016 08:38

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Wow!
The debugger is bugged

Try this code and keep single-stepping it. You will see:

1. Integers are OK.
2. Screen Output is OK
3. Log() output is OK
4. Strings with a hardcoded value before a breakpoint hits have a value
5. After first breakpoint, they never get updated again
6. getCurrentTime() is never output to the debug window, even when enclosed by other hardcoded values

So...your code will be ok, but the debugger needs fixing!

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// Project: test
// Created: 2016-02-10
 
// set window properties
SetWindowTitle( "test" )
SetWindowSize( 1024, 768, 0 )
 
// set display properties
SetVirtualResolution( 1024, 768 )
SetOrientationAllowed( 1, 1, 1, 1 )
 
 global t as string
 global y
 global x as string
 global z as string
 
 z = "Boo!"
 
do
 
    t = GetCurrentTime()
    //t = Left(t, 5)
    x = "Time : " + t + ": "
    inc y , 1
    z = z + " : " 
    log ("x =  " + x)
    log("z = " + z)
    log("t = " + t)
    Print( t )
    print(x)
    Sync()
loop

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Paul Johnston

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Posted: 12th Feb 2016 18:14 Edited at: 12th Feb 2016 18:14

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Thanks, fixed for the next version. The problem was the colon character, it was being used as a delimiter in the debug string handler so strings containing colons messed everything up.

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