FixDateTime Property

Returns the date and time of the current fix.

Syntax

Visual Basic

object.FixDateTime

Visual C++

object.GetFixDateTime()

Example

Visual Basic

Dim fixDateTime As Date

'Get fix date and time
fixDateTime = myGPSToolKit.FixDateTime

Visual C++

_variant_t vtFixDateTime;

// Get fix date and time
vtFixDateTime = m_myGPSToolKit.GetFixDateTime();
COleDateTime fixDate(vtFixDateTime);

Remarks

• Internally, FixDateTime is the number of seconds that have elapsed since 30 December 1899. It is a DATE type in Visual Basic and therefore can be used with all of VB's date and time functions. In Visual C++ it is easiest to handle this value through the COleDateTime class.
• For a brief period after the communications port has been open this value may report the correct fix time, but 30 December 1899 as the date. This is because the GPS may report the time of the fix before reporting the date. When the date is received, the FixDateTime property will be updated to reflect both date and time.

Default

Empty (VT_EMPTY)

Returns

A VARIANT (type VT_DATE/COleDateTime()) containing the last reported fix date and time. If no fix date and time data are reported the variable will be empty (type VT_EMPTY).

Errors

None

See Also