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Ron Chestnut wrote:
> 
> In sequence code, I need to check for an aged epics record value. I can get
> a record timestamp with pvTimeStamp, but I can't find a way to get the current
> time short of doing a pvPut,PvGet,pvTimeStamp sequence to another record.
> 
> The function TsDiffAsDouble does nicely in calculating a difference in seconds.
> 
> Does anyone have a good suggestion on getting the current time? (pvNow)
> 
> /Ron Chestnut

you can use these:

TS_EXTERN long TSgetTimeStamp(int event_number,struct timespec* sp);
TS_EXTERN long TScurrentTimeStamp(struct timespec* sp);

Defined in drvTS.h

struct timespec has the same structure as TS_STAMP in tsDefs.h

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