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set-ot-base   [date month year [time-zone]] => ot-base[Function]

Purpose
Set the Offset Universal Time time-base value.

Package   :gbbopen-tools

Module   :gbbopen-tools

Arguments and values

date     An integer between 1 and up to 31, inclusive, depending on the month and year
month     An integer between 1 and 12, inclusive
year     An integer indicating the year A.D. However, if this integer is between 0 and 99, the “obvious” year is assumed.
time-zone     A time zone: a rational multiple of 1/3600 between -24 and 24 that represents the number of hours offset from GMT (default is zero)

Returns
The Offset Universal Time time-base value

Description
Without any arguments, set-ot-base sets the time-base value to the current date. This can be useful for initializing applications that do not need to represent historical dates or save or communicate Offset Universal Time values.

See also
    *ot-base*
    check-ot-base
    ot2ut
    ut2ot

Examples
Set the time base for Offset Universal Time to today:

  > (set-ot-base)
  3436662016
  >
Note that the returned Offset Universal Time time-base value (above) is not the current Universal Time value:
  > (get-universal-time)
  3419947437
  >

Set the time base for Offset Universal Time to July 1, 2007:

  > (set-ot-base 1 7 2007)
  3409014016
  >


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