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**SETCLOCK(**//time//**)**

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| **SETCLOCK** | Sets the DOS system clock. |
| //time// | A numeric constant, variable, or expression for a standard time (expressed as hundredths of a second since midnight, plus one). |

The **SETCLOCK** statement sets the operating system time of day.

**Example:**

**SETCLOCK(1)       !Set clock to midnight**

**SETCLOCK(6001)    !Set clock to one minute past midnight**

**See Also:**

[[standard time.htm|Standard Time]]

[[clock  return system time .htm|CLOCK]]