The SETDATE typed input fails due to the inputBuffer being shared (on Arduino Uno) about ds3231m HOT 2 CLOSED

Hello Shannon,

I looked at the code again and realized that I was wrong, the "readCommand" doesn't always read the whole input string in one iteration and when that happens the output of the date can be mangled. I will change the code around to fix that.

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Hello Shannon,
I am assuming you mean the "sprintf" at line 175 in the "Set.ino" example program.
Since this sketch doesn't use interrupts, any execution of code will be linear and the CPU speed won't affect the order in which things happens, just their timing. The "Serial.println()" command after the "sprintf()" won't return until the whole buffer has been sent to the serial port so there's no chance of garbling the "inputBuffer". I tested this on several Arduinos (UNO, Micro (32U4 processor), Mega, and other processors on a breadboard) with no problems so I'm not quite sure what problem you are seeing.
I do think I should refactor the program and rename "inputBuffer" to "textBuffer" so that it is clear that this character buffer is being used for both types of functions.

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