edit the source.
Maybe that patch of jal takes care of it. Not sure

Thank you, "jal" was the hint i needed! 😀
I will now try to compile it.

Hi.

I need the Date update too.
Can you help me?

Does it work?
I mean the compile version from you

lg

What's the exact problem?

my dosbox version must update the date alone.

why?

beacause the apllication which is running with dos box is writing a log.
and i need a log file for every day this application run.

so it must update hisself automatic

Use bochs for stuff like that.

http://bochs.sourceforge.net/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bochs

thx but bochs is more difficult than dosbox to use it.

and the programm mus be easy to use

and the programm mus be easy to use

I'm not fluent in VMWare's abilities concerning DOS but if it's ease of use you need coupled with this functionality, my idea would be to use VMWare. Set the program up nicely in an VMWare image and then use the VMWare player and the image. Probably easy enough for everyone to use...

Yes thats can i do but dosbox is better to use.
i tested vmware and virtual pc from microsoft.

This programms are not so good
dosbox is the better programm

Hi. I'm new here.

I found this topic as I have the same problem with the Time & Date not changing at midnight and this is critical for the log that is being created from our app.

Has anyone found an answer to this problem outside of restarting DOSBox every morning?

I have no programming experience, so am not able to make any changes myself.

Apart from the Time & Date issue DOSBox works brilliantly.

Hopefully someone can help.

Many thanks, Chris

http://home.arcor.de/h-a-l-9000/

Thank you for the info DosFreak.

Looks good (now has date and time commands).

Regards Chris

Hopefully this can get to h-a-l-9000.

I've used your dosbox.exe file and dll's from your website (http://home.arcor.de/h-a-l-9000/dbdl.html).

It appeared as though the date and time was working well until the end of the month. The date changed from the 31st March 2008 to the 3rd April 2008 on the 1st of April 2008... missing out two days.

This happened on both PC's that we have DOSBox installed on (XP Pro OS).

Has anyone else experienced this?

I haven't tested the other months yet and I have run out of time (have to head home for my wedding anniversary 😀 ).

Hopefully there is an easy answer.

Many thanks,

Chris

> Hopefully there is an easy answer.

"Do not program when tired" 😉

Hi h-a-l-9000

A quick update for you.

I have now tested the first 7 months of the year for changing over to the following month. I didn't bother going any further as there became a very clear patten.

Results:
Jan 31st changed to Feb 3rd
Feb 29th changed to Mar 1st
Mar 31st changed to Apr 3rd
Apr 30th changed to May 2nd
May 31st changed to Jun 3rd
Jun 30th changed to Jul 2nd
Jul 31st changed to Aug 3rd

Appears to be working on a base of 29 days and any months with more than 29 days it is adding those extra days onto the following month.

Hope this helps

Many thanks.

Chris

Yes I already found it. Not every month is a february. 2007 and 2009 should work though 😉