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PC TIMECHK SHAREWARE VERSION HELP FILE FOR VERSION 2.01a JULY 1993
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
fil