Binaryworld - Cross-midnight time measurements ... [ VB -> Language ]

Any time the behavior of your code depends on the Timer function you should take into account the (more or less) remote possibility that your code is executed just before midnight. Take for example the following code:

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Sub Pause(seconds as Single)
  Dim initTime as Single
  initTime = Timer
  Do: Loop Until Timer >= initTime + seconds
End Sub

If this code is executed at 23:59:59 (or even earlier, depending on the value of the seconds argument), the Do-Loop will never end, and the user will have to kill the program from the Task Manager. The worst facet of this problem is that the bug can manifest months or even years after you've installed the program, which would leave you clueless about its causes.
Here's the fix for the above routine:

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Sub Pause(seconds as Single)
  Dim initTime As Single, currTime As String
  initTime = Timer
  Do
    currTime = Timer
  Loop Until currTime >= initTime + seconds Or (currTime < initTime And _
    currTime > initTime + seconds - 86400)
End Sub

If you don't need the pause to be really precise, and you're satisfied with an integer number of seconds, you can also use this simpler approach:

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Sub Pause(seconds as Single)
  Dim initTime as Date
  initTime = Now
  Do: Loop Until DateDiff("s", initTime, Now) >= seconds
End Sub

An even simpler way to insert a pause that work across midnite is by means of the Sleep API function. See the link below to learn how to use this function.