force manual setting of RTCTime for testing

host/fipy/lib/rtc_time.py

@@ -3,14 +3,19 @@ from machine import RTC
 
 
 class RTCTime:
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        main_ntp_server: str = "pool.ntp.org",
-        backup_ntp_server: str = "time.nist.gov",
-        update_interval_seconds: int = 3600,
-    ):
+    # def __init__(
+    #     self,
+    #     main_ntp_server: str = "pool.ntp.org",
+    #     backup_ntp_server: str = "time.nist.gov",
+    #     update_interval_seconds: int = 3600,
+    # ):
+    #     self.rtc = RTC()
+    #     self._setup_ntp(main_ntp_server, backup_ntp_server, update_interval_seconds)
+    
+    
+    def __init__(self, datetime):
         self.rtc = RTC()
-        self._setup_ntp(main_ntp_server, backup_ntp_server, update_interval_seconds)
+        self.rtc.init(datetime)
 
     def _setup_ntp(
         self, main_ntp_server: str, backup_ntp_server: str, update_interval_seconds: int
@@ -21,6 +26,8 @@ class RTCTime:
             print(self.rtc.synced())
             sleep(1)
 
+    
+
     def get_time(self):
         return self.rtc.now()
 

host/fipy/main.py

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ data.send(
 )
 # data.disconnect()
 
-rtc_time = RTCTime()
+rtc_time = RTCTime((2014, 5, 1, 4, 13, 0, 0, 0))
 # w = WLAN()
 
 # ESPNOW.init()