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also the MCU is lpc2378

also the MCU is lpc2378

RTC Read_RTC(void)
{
        RTC Local_time;
        Local_time.RTC_Sec = ((RTC_CTIME0 & 0x0000003F)>>0);
        rtcdata = ((RTC_CTIME0 & 0x0000003F)>>0);
//  Minute value [0-59]
        Local_time.RTC_Min = ((RTC_CTIME0 & 0x00003F00)>>8);
//  Hour value [0-23]
        Local_time.RTC_Hour = ((RTC_CTIME0 & 0x001F0000)>>16);
//  Day of week value [0-6]
        Local_time.RTC_Wday = ((RTC_CTIME0 & 0x07000000)>>24) ;
//  Day of month value [1-31]
        Local_time.RTC_Mday = ((RTC_CTIME1 & 0x0000001F)>>0);
//  Month value [1-12]
        Local_time.RTC_Mon = ((RTC_CTIME1 & 0x0000FF00)>>8);
//  Year value
        Local_time.RTC_Year = ((RTC_CTIME1 & 0x0FFF0000)>>16);
//  Day of year value [1-365]
        Local_time.RTC_Yday = RTC_DOY;
        RTC_CCR |= 0x01;
        return (Local_time);
}

You want to know the meaning of:

RTC_CTIME0 & 0x00003F00)>>8

Did you notice the full text:

// Minute value [0-59] Local_time.RTC_Min = ((RTC_CTIME0 & 0x00003F00)>>8);

A value 0..59 requires 6 bits of storage (0..63).
The comment claims that the minutes (0..59) are stored in 6 bits in the second byte of RTC_CTIME0, which is the reason it extracts the 6 bits and then shifts the result down 8 bits since the low-order byte did contain the seconds part of the time.

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thank you very much for your answer.
that was my first time that I used a foreign forum.and I promised this mistake never happen again.