PIC 16f628 Storing time in EEPROM

Im trying to figure out how to have the user specify a time delay
and the PIC remember that time for use later.
As of now I have a circuit built that has 8 LEDs that represent 8
seperate time modes.
Pressing  button 1 cycles through the 8 time modes (LEDS) and
selecting button 2 activates a relay
for that particular time mode selected. I would like to add the
capability for the user to 
calibrate and store each time mode to their liking. I have seen in
examples how to read and write the EEPROM
but the timing thing has got me stumped. How do you keep track of
seconds and parts of a second?

PIC16f628
4MHz
2 buttons Port A,2-3
1 relay	Port A,0
8 LEDS PORT B

Example:

User enters calibration mode by pushing 2 buttons at same time. 
While in calibration mode user holds down button 1, for 2 seconds.
user releases button.
User then holds down button 1 again for 2.4 seconds.
This is added to 1st time and now have accumlated 4.4 seconds. And so
on.
Now user pushes button 2 which exits calibration mode and stores the
4.4 seconds in EEPROM.
When they press button 1 the relay activates for the time stored in
the EEPROM.
Id like to have at least 1/8 second resolution. 
Ive looked allover PIClist and the net and can only find simple
countdown timers. 

Has anyone done this before and could share, or can point me to an
example of some code that is similar to this?

Hello,

jagrolet@yahoo.com wrote:

Create a timer with 1/8s period and handle the interrupt to count 1/8s
pulses.

> User enters calibration mode by pushing 2 buttons at same time. 
> While in calibration mode user holds down button 1, for 2 seconds.
> user releases button.

Count the 1/8s pulses during key press.

> User then holds down button 1 again for 2.4 seconds.

Count again.

> This is added to 1st time and now have accumlated 4.4 seconds. And so
> on.
> Now user pushes button 2 which exits calibration mode and stores the
> 4.4 seconds in EEPROM.

Store the counting result in EEPROM. This allows up to 32s if you use 1
byte for counting. Adding a second byte gives you 8192s, thats more
than 2 hours.

> Id like to have at least 1/8 second resolution. 

Thats the interrupt timeing mentioned above. Timer 0 can give you up to
65ms (256*256), timer 1 can give you 1/8s directly if properly
initialized. See chapter 6 and 7 of the PIC16F627A manual.

Regards, Kurt
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