# is there any way to access the realtime clock in dynamic C 8.61

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**Created:** [November 7, 2007, 9:27pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-access-the-realtime-clock-in-dynamic-c-8-61/9994 "2007-11-07T21:27:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![DynCstarter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb9ed0/32.png) [@DynCstarter](https://forums.digi.com/u/DynCstarter)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 9:27pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-access-the-realtime-clock-in-dynamic-c-8-61/9994/1 "2007-11-07T21:27:58Z")

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in my application, I need to read the realtime clock in the code. are there any functions that can give me information about the real time clock??

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**Author:** ![dwstojan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@dwstojan](https://forums.digi.com/u/dwstojan)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-access-the-realtime-clock-in-dynamic-c-8-61/9994/2 "2007-11-08T01:51:23Z")

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Don’t know about your specific version; in 7.26 & 9.21 & 9.52 it’s:

unsigned long tt;

```
 tt = read_rtc();

```

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**Author:** ![DynCstarter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb9ed0/32.png) [@DynCstarter](https://forums.digi.com/u/DynCstarter)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-access-the-realtime-clock-in-dynamic-c-8-61/9994/3 "2007-11-09T18:08:30Z")

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thanks for your help, appreciate it.

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**Author:** ![heer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@heer](https://forums.digi.com/u/heer)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-access-the-realtime-clock-in-dynamic-c-8-61/9994/4 "2007-12-18T15:00:47Z")

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[QUOTE=dwstojan;1045]Don’t know about your specific version; in 7.26 & 9.21 & 9.52 it’s:

unsigned long tt;

```
 tt = read_rtc();[/quote]

```

Useful information, thank you for your share.