Set time() on ESP8266

Question

If I call configTime() on a ESP8266 using ESP8266 Core, then time() gets changed from uptime to unixtime. However this sends a SNTP request. I have a DS3231 RTC attached without internet. How can I set time() without calling configTime()?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Whenever you have epoch time, either from RTC, NTP, etc., use the POSIX function settimeofday() to set system time as @Majenko said

The sample code is as follows:

// Assuming we already have Unix `epoch` time, which is time from Jan 1 1970.
// From RTC, NTP, etc.
time_t epoch_t = epoch;

// set the time to UTC
setTime(epoch_t);

// set the system time to UTC
timeval tv = { epoch_t, 0 };
settimeofday(&tv, nullptr);

// Now we can have system time by calling time()
time_t timeNowUTC;
struct tm * timeInfo

timeNowUTC = time(nullptr);
timeInfo = localtime(&timeNowUTC);

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For the record, the issue has been solved in Arduino Forum : Update time() from DS3231