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- PC TIMECHK SHAREWARE VERSION HELP FILE FOR VERSION 2.01a JULY 1993
- 000136
- PERSONAL COMPUTER TIME AND DATE CHECK:
- This program allows you to change your PC's date and
- time during boot. Should the date and time need to be
- reset, answer the "Is Above Information Correct?" ques-
- tion by entering N (No). Otherwise, hit Y or the
- <Enter> Key to terminate PC TIMECHK.
- 12 AND 24 HOUR CLOCKS:
- Two clocks are displayed. One shows the PC's internal,
- or 24 HOUR clock, and the second display indicates the
- LOCAL time in AM or PM. The two clocks will read the
- same time in the AM hours, but will dIffer after one
- o'clock in the afternoon. The 24 HOUR clock will con-
- tinue to count up to 24 by showing one o'clock as 13:00,
- two o'clock as 14:00, etc. However, the LOCAL clock
- will show 1:00 p.m. or 2:00 p.m. respectively.
- The 24 HOUR clock is used by the PC to mark the time
- files are created or revised. The PC's clock is very
- important to the operation of your Personal Computer.
- It determines the day-of-the-week, month, day and
- year for date stamping files and assuring that your PC
- runs corectly.
- Each time the PC's 24 HOUR clock reaches 23:59, the
- internal calendar is set to the next day.
- YOU MAY HAVE SOFTWARE RUNNING ON THIS PC THAT REQUIRES
- THE CORRECT TIME AND DATE. IF THE TIME AND DATE ARE
- NOT CORRECT, RESET EACH TO THEIR CORRECT SETTINGS.
- Please see PC TIMECHK's documentation for more
- information.
- 000216
- SETTING TIME:
- Enter the hours using 12 for noon and midnight or 01 to
- 11 or a.m. or p.m. hours, followed by a colon (:), 00 to
- 59 for minutes, followed by a colon (:) and 00 to 59 for
- seconds. Enter an "a" for a.m., or "p" for p.m.
- Any incorrect entry will cause an error. For example,
- any hour number higher than 12, any minute or second
- number higher than 59 will cause an error. In addition,
- omission of the colons or a.m. or p.m. designation will
- also cause an error. Clear the error screen with <Esc>.
- Hit the <Enter> key to accept the "current" time or your
- "new" time.
- 000323
- ENTER CORRECT DATE
- Correcting your PC's date is very simple. Enter the
- month number, followed by a dash (-) or slash (/), the
- day of the week, followed by a dash (-) or slash (/) and
- then the current year.
- For example, the current date is July 21, 1993 is entered
- as 07-21-1993, or it can be entered as 07/21/1993.
- Should you enter an invalid month, day or a year less
- than 1980 or grater than 2099, you will receive an error
- message. Although some PCs may accept dates higher than
- the year 2099, PC TIMECHK does not. PC TIMECHK holds
- the year at 2099 due to the fact that some PC's internal
- BIOS calendars vary from PC manufacturer to manufacturer.
- Currently, using a period (.) to separate month, day and
- year is not supported. Later versions of PC TIMECHK will
- support the period.
- Hit <Enter> to accept current date, or new date.
- 000413
- IS YOUR ENTRY CORRECT?
- You may answer "yes" by hitting either the Y key, <Enter>
- key, or click the left mouse button when the mouse
- cursor is located on the Y. If your entry is not cor-
- rect, you will see an error message.
- To clear your entry and enter a new date or time, you
- may hit the N (No) key or place the mouse cursor on then
- and click the left mouse button.
- No other key is valid for this response.
- 000517
- ENTRY ERROR
- One or more of your keyed entries are incorrect!
- Entries found to be in error are those which are blink-
- ing. When entering a new time, remember that 01 to 12,
- are the only valid hours, and 00 to 59 are the only
- valid minutes and seconds. Each group is separated by
- a colon and ended with the a.m. or p.m. indicator.
- Dates are entered as numbers, months are 01 to 12, days
- no higher than 31 and the year cannot be higher than
- 2099. You may separate each with either a hyphen (-),
- or a slash (/).
- Clear the error by pressing the <Esc> key.
- 000620
- ADVISORY
- Under normal conditions this error may indicate that
- your PC's internal battery needs to be replaced or con-
- nected. All AT style personal computers have an on
- board battery that maintains many of the PC's setup and
- operating features while the power is off. One of which
- is the date and time.
- A dead or disconnected battery will allow the date to
- returned to its original start date of 01-01-1980.
- Look at the displayed TIME. If it too has changed to
- 00:00:01 a.m., or close to it, this is a good indica-
- tion that the battery needs attention. Reset the TIME
- and DATE and power off your PC. If the date again is
- 01-01-1980, it's a good indication that the battery
- should be replaced. See your PC Owner's Manual for more
- information, or call your dealer.
- 000713
- LAST CALENDAR DATE IN PERSONAL COMPUTER
- Your PC's internal clock and calendar has reached mid-
- night, December 31, 2099. This is the end of the cal-
- endar that is built into your PC. Under normal condi-
- tions the calendar would change to January 1st of the
- next year. Because the calendar ends here, PC TIMECHK
- can go no further and has stopped.
- You may click on or press "N" (for Set) and correct or
- change the date or time, or you can press <Esc> and
- force PC TIMECHK to end.
- 000830
- 1980 TO 2099 CALENDAR
- PC TIMECHK's calendar can provide a monthly calendar
- for the years 1980 through 2099. Leap years are shown
- automatically when they occure.
- To change to a PRIOR YEAR, press the <PgDn> key.
- To change to the NEXT YEAR, press the <PgUp> key.
- NOTE:
- Pressing the <PgDn> key at the year 1980 will change
- the calendar to 2099. Likewise, pressing the <PgUp>
- key at year 2099 will change the calendar to 1980.
- To change to the PRIOR MONTH, press the <> (Down
- Arrow) akey.
- To change to the NEXT MONTH, press the <> (Up
- Arrow) key.
- NOTE:
- Pressing the <> (Down Arrow) key at January will
- change the month to December. Likewise, pressing the
- <> (Up Arrow) key at December will change the month
- to January.
- Pressing <Esc> key will clear the Calendar.
- 000916
- SPECIAL DATES
- Depending on the Data file loaded when PC TIMECHK
- was started (the data file name is shown at the right
- of the last line or press <F3> for a list of available
- Data files), pressing the <F5> key will give you a list
- of all Special Dates housed in the Data file.
- Use the PC TIMECHK utility USERLIST to create, change,
- copy or delete any item on this file. You can also create
- new data files using USERLIST.
- Use the Up and Down Page keys to move through this file.
- Use <Esc> key to clear Special Dates.
- 002913
- TIMECHK DATE LIST FILES
- TIMECHK is showing you what Special Date or data file are
- present on the [d]:\TIMECHK\TCDATA sub directory.
- Use the Up and Down Arrow Keys and hit <Enter> to make your
- selection, or user your mouse to move up and down the list.
- Note: Even though the PARENT Directory symble (..\) is
- shown in the list, you are blocked form accessing the
- Parent directory. Only the [d]:\TIMECHK\TCDATA sub
- directory is accessible.
- 003012
- ONE MINUTE TO EXIT
- PC TIMECHK has started its countdown routine. One minute re-
- mains before PC TIMECHK will terminate.
- You may set the date or time during this period and perform
- any function.
- At the end of the countdown, PC TIMECHK will terminate and
- return control to your PC, or hit or click on <Enter> to
- force termination.
- 004029
- Registered Owner - Shareware Version 2.01a
- The Hot Keys <Alt> + O provides information about this
- version of PC TIMECHK and USERLIST Registered Owner's
- name, his or her Company Name (optional) and version
- number. Hit any key to clear the Registered Owner Window.
- If you continue using PC TIMECHK or USERLIST you are
- required to register your copy. If you have a printer,
- you can print the Order Form by entering "PRTORDER.BAT"
- at the DOS prompt. See the License Information in the
- file called "README.CHK" and order information in the
- "ORDER.FRM" file. Both files are found in your PC's
- "[d] \TIMECHK" directory.
- Please register your copy of PC TIMECHK with:
- PC TIMECHK REGISTRATION
- Ken Mummery Software
- 8968 Ellingham Street
- San Diego, CA 92129-2110
- U.S.A.
- (619) 538-1020
- For more information, please call (619) 538-1020. Hours
- are limited, please leave your Name, Address and ZIP Code,
- Area Code and Telephone Number and Shareware Version
- Number.