The BBC and Master Computer Public Domain Library

AE57 =TIME$

Submitted by Steve Fewell

Description:

Increment the BASIC Text Pointer B offset (to skip the dollar sign character.
Set Y to #&06 and X to #&00, so that &0600 (the SWA) is the first byte of the OSWORD parameter block.
Zero the first byte of the parameter block (to pass an empty string to the OSWORD call).
Execute the OSWORD &0E command to obtain the TIME$ value and place it in the parameter block (the SWA).
Set the SWA length (byte &36) to #&18 (the fixed length of a TIME$ value).
Exit with A = #&00 (as the current value is a String and is located in the SWA).

Disassembly for the =TIME$ routine