Thanks Melanie for your time,

I can see your point of not needing a rtc. You mentioned using PAUSE 1000 for my seconds count, don't you think this will be "very" inaccurate if the pic is also saving to eeprom, talking to the PLC etc. Will it not be better to use the clock in the PIC to generate interrupts with ON INTERRUPT to keep the counting more precise. I need it to try not to loose a day in 6 months to a year.

Regards

Chris