Documentation for DATETIME

   DATETIME  is a program that sets the date and time for any MS-DOS 2.X, 3.X
computer.

   DATETIME  prompts  the user for the date and the time.  These are then set
using system interrupts.  The advantages of DATETIME over the standard MS-DOS
commands are the following:

	When you boot a floppy based Rainbow, setting the date and time using
     MSDOS  commands  from  a  batch file cause the disk to be accessed twice
     (The batch file is read for the Date command  and  again  for  the  Time
     command).   DATETIME  will require only one command to set both the date
     and the time.  (This might be a minor point, but I hate listening to the
     floppies on the Rainbow.)

	DATETIME  creates  a file called 'LASTBOOT.DAT' on the default drive.
     This file contains the last date and time the system was booted.   These
     values  become the new defaults.  If the system is booted more than once
     in a day, the default for the day will be correct after the first  boot.
     This  is  nice when debugging software which hangs up the system causing
     multiple reboots.

	DATETIME  gives  the  user  more  flexibilty in entering the date and
     time.   The  parsing  routine  considers  any  non-numeric  character  a
     delimiter.  If the end of a string is left off, the default will be used
     for the missing part of the string.  Note - You need to enter all values
     up to and including the last one you want to change.

     The following are all legal:

         Valid Time Entries: 10:26
                             10 26
                             22
                             15.48

         Invalid Time Entries:
                             10 pm
                                23

         Valid Date Entries: 01/31/85
                             1-31-85
                             04 14 85
                             3/22 84

         Invalid Date Entries:
                             Nov 10
                             11//85
                             /23/85


   Note:  The  first time DATETIME runs, it creates the file LASTBOOT.DAT.
This file contains the time and date defaults.

					T. Twomey   1/31/85