getinfo() and the current number of blocks

[MrKain]

calling getinfo will return the number of blocks my bitcoind has
knowledge of/processed/indexed , - however is there a way of knowing
how many blocks it needs to know of to be in sync ?

At present I manually check the number of blocks returned by getinfo
with what blockexplorer.com shows

MK

[bit_kevin]

calling getinfo will return the number of blocks my bitcoind has
knowledge of/processed/indexed , - however is there a way of knowing
how many blocks it needs to know of to be in sync ?

At present I manually check the number of blocks returned by getinfo
with what blockexplorer.com shows

MK

Bitcoin generate 2016 blocks in two weeks. You can calc block's height by time.
Usually it's a litter short than 2 weeks.

[grue]

You can use the debug window. Be careful though, it's not very accurate if your client is already up to sync.
https://i.minus.com/iRswHwZDJVyxU.png