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February 21, 2012
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Hi
For a model railroad scheduling project I want time based on about 75% faster per day of computer clock. That is a normal 4 hours would occur over 1 hour. So the clock will only take one hour to read 4.00 or say over 4 hours actual time and then read 16.00. 24 hour clock. Only 1 day nothing into next day.
Start at zero hrs when button pressed, so computer time not usable.
Is there a timer I can set up and refer to in vba. eg if arrival of train is due at 0830 but is 10 mins late then 0840 is recorded.
A bit different but comments would be appreciated.
Thanks
Charles Harris
October 5, 2010
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Hi Charles,
Sorry for the slow reply.
Attached is a workbook with a couple of subs that control the timing. Just click on Start and Stop. The elapsed time is displayed in A1.
As you requested the displayed elapsed time is 4 times faster than the real elapsed time. You can control this by adjusting the value of SpeedUp in the VBA.
I've included, but commented out, lines that will display the elapsed time in seconds should you wish to use this, but as it is time is displayed in hh:mm:ss format.
This timer is not 100% precise as it will depend on a number of factors like how busy your PC is with other tasks, but it should suffice if you just want to time things to within a few seconds.
I haven't tested it beyond a few seconds so I couldn't say by how much the timing drifts if you were to time a prolonged period e.g. hours.
Regards
Phil
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