Calendar conversion for real-time systems
Calendar conversion for real-time systems
In some applications of real-time systems such as monitoring and control, calendar referencing plays a significant role. The system needs the precise year, month, day, hour, minute and second in order to function correctly. Generally, real-time systems are based on computers whose operating systems use the Gregorian calendar. The official calendar of some countries, however, is not based on the Gregorian calendar. To reduce the human errors and make the system friendlier, it is necessary to present the date in the local format. In this paper, the optimum method of time-keeping for a distributed real-time system is described and then a solar calendar called Khayyami is reviewed and a novel algorithm for conversion between Gregorian and Khayyami calendars is presented. Khayyami is the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan and is used in surrounding areas such as the Central Asian countries and Kurdish area. The methods described in this paper were implemented in a monitoring and control system and the practical results justify these.
Real-time systems, Monitoring and control, SCADA, Khayyam, Gregorian calendar, Khayyami calendar, Persian calendar, Jalali calendar
511-516
White, NM
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Al-Modaressi Yasin, SMT
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October 2004
White, NM
c7be4c26-e419-4e5c-9420-09fc02e2ac9c
Al-Modaressi Yasin, SMT
3b6f5ee4-bc7b-420e-8ddd-77c9486d7ca5
White, NM and Al-Modaressi Yasin, SMT
(2004)
Calendar conversion for real-time systems.
Advances in Engineering Software, 35 (8-9), .
Abstract
In some applications of real-time systems such as monitoring and control, calendar referencing plays a significant role. The system needs the precise year, month, day, hour, minute and second in order to function correctly. Generally, real-time systems are based on computers whose operating systems use the Gregorian calendar. The official calendar of some countries, however, is not based on the Gregorian calendar. To reduce the human errors and make the system friendlier, it is necessary to present the date in the local format. In this paper, the optimum method of time-keeping for a distributed real-time system is described and then a solar calendar called Khayyami is reviewed and a novel algorithm for conversion between Gregorian and Khayyami calendars is presented. Khayyami is the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan and is used in surrounding areas such as the Central Asian countries and Kurdish area. The methods described in this paper were implemented in a monitoring and control system and the practical results justify these.
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Published date: October 2004
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Real-time systems, Monitoring and control, SCADA, Khayyam, Gregorian calendar, Khayyami calendar, Persian calendar, Jalali calendar
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/259760
ISSN: 0965-9978
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SMT Al-Modaressi Yasin
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