VMS Help System Services, $BINTIM  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    Converts an ASCII string to an absolute or delta time value in
    the system 64-bit time format suitable for input to the Set Timer
    ($SETIMR) or Schedule Wakeup ($SCHDWK) service.

    On Alpha systems, this service accepts 64-bit addresses.

    Format

      SYS$BINTIM  timbuf ,timadr

    C Prototype

      int sys$bintim  (void *timbuf, struct _generic_64 *timadr);

1 - Arguments

 timbuf

    OpenVMS usage:time_name
    type:         character-coded text string
    access:       read only
    mechanism:    by 32- or 64-bit descriptor-fixed-length string
                  descriptor (Alpha)
    mechanism:    by 32-bit descriptor-fixed-length string descriptor
                  (VAX)
    Buffer that holds the ASCII time to be converted. The timbuf
    argument specifies the 32-bit address (on VAX systems) or the
    32- or 64-bit address (on Alpha systems) of a character string
    descriptor pointing to the time string. The time string specifies
    the absolute or delta time to be converted by $BINTIM.

 timadr

    OpenVMS usage:date_time
    type:         quadword
    access:       write only
    mechanism:    by 32- or 64-bit reference (Alpha)
    mechanism:    by 32-bit reference (VAX)
    Time value that $BINTIM has converted. The timadr argument is the
    32-bit address (on VAX systems) or the 32- or 64-bit address (on
    Alpha systems) of the quadword system time, which receives the
    converted time.