Basic V10: Date and Time (DT$ and TI$)

A Commdore Basic V10 question... If I print Date/Time on startup using DT$ and TI$, I thought I'd get the current date and time, as the manual says (see picture). Instead, I always get 01-Jan-2001 and Time 00:00:00.

First I thought that date and time where not set from the RTC. But the time does not change at all. When the machine was on for one hour, I'd expect 01:00:00 as time but it still says 00:00:00.

Any suggestions?

On Startup I also get 01-Jan-2000 00:00:00 (see picture)

Dumb question... How do I set the RTC? (found it)

OMG... I think I found out... If I setup the RTC via Setup tool, the clock shows the right time and date.
... but I never installed the RTC clock battery (CR1220) after I unpacked the machine 🙈🙈🙈
Now, as I remember correctly I thought... "Will do that in the future" but never did it.

Will install a battery and try again 🙈

Zitat von dddaaannn

A small percentage of MEGA65s shipped with a broken RTC chip. If I remember correctly, even without a battery installed the time should still count up from 0 if you have a working RTC. Once you have a battery installed, if it still isn't counting up, you may have a broken RTC. There's a test tool and a hardware workaround in development; see the Discord, and also the Welcome Guide: https://dansanderson.com/mega6…-doesn-t-advance-the-time

Thanks for the info! Got the battery and will try it the next days!