MSP-EXP430FR5994: Setting RTC time/date values

> RTCCTL13 = RTCBCD | RTCRDY | RTCMODE; // RTC enable, BCD mode, RTC hold

I'm not familiar with Ares, but the Makuna RTC (RtcDateTime) code over at Github seems to work in binary, not BCD. Try not setting that: 

> RTCCTL13 = RTCRDY | RTCMODE; // RTC enable, RTC hold

[Edit: For some reason E2E won't let me post the reference link. Just go to Github and search for "Makuna".]

Part Number: MSP-EXP430FR5994

Hi,

I have a GPS receiver which updates the RTC on the MSP430 every minute, I ran tests and see that the RTC clock is not running( seconds values stays at the same value till the next GPS packet updates the RTC). These are my config settings, I dont know what I am missing/wrong. Below is my configuration settings, i'm also posting where in the program my RTC time is being updated with values from the GPS. Also, do I need to RTC_C_holdClock(), before i write and read from the RTC.

int main(void)
{
WDTCTL = WDTPW | WDTHOLD; // Stop Watchdog
initGPIO(); // Initializes GPIO pins
initClockTo16MHz(); // Initialize Clock
initUART(); // Initializes UART Communication

RTC_C_initCalendar(RTC_C_BASE, &currentTime, RTC_C_FORMAT_BCD);
RTC_C_setCalendarEvent(RTC_C_BASE, RTC_C_CALENDAREVENT_MINUTECHANGE);
RTC_C_enableInterrupt(RTC_C_BASE,RTC_C_CLOCK_READ_READY_INTERRUPT + RTC_C_TIME_EVENT_INTERRUPT + RTC_C_CLOCK_ALARM_INTERRUPT);
RTC_C_startClock(RTC_C_BASE);

__bis_SR_register(GIE); // interrupts enabled

while (1)
{
coordinator.process(&currentTime); // continuously read parse buffer, once "$" is read starts storing characters in packetbuffer till "/n" character then runs NMEAParse function
printf("%d \n", currentTime.Seconds);
coordinator.processQueue(&currentTime);
}
}

void AresManager::extractData(vector<char> data, Calendar*currentTime, int * p, int mSec)
{
char sday[3] = "";
char smonth[3] = "";
char syear[3] = "";
char shour[3] = "";
char smin[3] = "";
char ssec[3] = "";
char smsec[5] = "";

strncpy(shour, &data[*p + 1], 2);
int hour = atoi(shour);
currentTime->Hours = hour;

strncpy(smin, &data[*p + 3], 2);
int minute = atoi(smin);
currentTime->Minutes = minute;

strncpy(ssec, &data[*p + 5], 2);
int sec = atoi(ssec);
currentTime ->Seconds = sec;

strncpy(smsec, &data[*p + 8], 3);
mSec = atoi(smsec);

strncpy(sday, &data[*(p + 8) + 1], 2);
int day = atoi(sday);
currentTime->DayOfMonth = day;

strncpy(smonth, &data[*(p + 8) + 3], 2);
int month = atoi(smonth);
currentTime->Month = month;

strncpy(syear, &data[*(p + 8) + 5], 2);
int year = atoi(syear);
currentTime->Year = year;

}