--- trunk/OOPSE/libBASS/Globals.cpp	2003/09/05 21:28:52	747
+++ trunk/OOPSE/libBASS/Globals.cpp	2003/10/21 19:33:19	811
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #define G_ZCONSFORCEPOLICY 31
 #define G_SEED           32
 #define G_RESETTIME      33
+#define G_USEINITTIME    34
 
 Globals::Globals(){
   
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ Globals::Globals(){
   addHash( "zconsTol",                             G_ZCONSTOL);
   addHash( "zconsForcePolicy",                     G_ZCONSFORCEPOLICY);
   addHash( "seed",                                 G_SEED);
+  addHash( "useInitTime",                          G_USEINITTIME),
 	
 	
   // define some default values 
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ Globals::Globals(){
   strcpy( mixingRule,"standard");  //default mixing rules to standard.
   usePBC = 1; //default  periodic boundry conditions to on
   useRF  = 0;
+  useInitTime = 1; // default to pull init time from the init file
   
   have_force_field =  0;
   have_n_components = 0;
@@ -895,6 +898,24 @@ int Globals::globalAssign( event* the_event ){
 	strdup( "Global error. tempSet was not \"true\" or \"false\".\n" );
       return 0;
       break;
+
+    case G_USEINITTIME:
+      if( the_type == STRING ){
+	
+	if( !strcasecmp( "true", the_event->evt.asmt.rhs.sval )) useInitTime = 1;
+	else if( !strcasecmp( "false", the_event->evt.asmt.rhs.sval )) useInitTime = 0;
+	else{
+	  the_event->err_msg = 
+	    strdup( "Global error. useInitTime was not \"true\" or \"false\".\n" );
+	  return 0;
+	}
+	return 1;
+      }
+      
+      the_event->err_msg = 
+	strdup( "Global error. useInitTime was not \"true\" or \"false\".\n" );
+      return 0;
+      break;
       
     case G_USEPBC:
       if( the_type == STRING ){