Date and Time
Date and Time
The example shows how to use the date and time functions of the SysTime and Util libraries.
Product description
The project contains examples on the following topics:
Reading timer tick values since system startup
Read UTC time
Convert UTC time to local time
Local time and time zone operations
More information
In the visualization placeholders e.g. "%t[ddd MMM dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm:ss]" are used to display the current system time.
The displayed format can be modified with placeholders shown below. See also the CoDeSys Online Help under
https://help.codesys.com/webapp/_visu_placeholder_with_formatting_sequence_in_a_string;product=core_visualization;version=3.5.14.0
ddd Name of weekday, abbreviated, e.g. “Wed”
dddd Name of weekday, e.g. “Wednesday”
ddddd Weekday as decimal number (0-6, Sunday is 0)
MMM Name of month, abbreviated, e.g. “Feb”
MMMM Name of month, e.g. “February”
d Day of month as number (1-31), e.g. “8”
dd Day of month as number (01-31), e.g. “08”
M Month as number (1-12), e.g. “4”
MM Month as number (01-12), e.g. “04”
jjj Day of the year as number (001-366), e.g. “067”
y Year without specification of century (0-99), e.g.”9”
yy Year without specification of century (00-99), e.g. “09”
yyy Year with specification of century, e.g. “2009”
HH Hour, 24-hours format (01-24), e.g. “16”
hh Hour, 12-hours format (01-12), e.g. “4” for 16 o’clock
m Minutes (0-59), without preceded zero, e.g. “6”
mm Minutes (00-59), with preceded zero, e.g. “06”
s Seconds (0-59), without preceded zero, e.g. “6”
ss Seconds (00-59), with preceded zero, e.g. “06”
ms Milliseconds (0-999), without preceded zero, e.g. “322”
“A/P” identifier for 12-hours format: “A” for hours < 12, “P” for hours > 12; e.g. “A” for 9 o’clock in the
t
morning
“AM/PM” identifier for 12-hours format: “AM” for hours < 12, “PM” for hours > 12, e.g. “AM” for 9 o’clock
tt
in the morning
Text strings containing one of the placeholders listed above must be put in single quotation marks; all
‘‘ other text within the format string can be used without quotation marks. e.g. ‘update’ because of “d” and
“t”
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Date and Time
General information
Manufacturer:
3S-Smart Software Solutions GmbH
Memminger Strasse 151
87439 Kempten
Germany
Support:
https://support.codesys.com
Item:
Date and Time
Item number:
000006
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Included in delivery:
CODESYS software and / or license key with billing information
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System requirements and restrictions
Programming System CODESYS Development System Version 3.5.14.0 or higher
Runtime System CODESYS Control Version 3.5.0.0
All
Supported Platforms/ Devices Note: Use the project “Device Reader” to find out the supported features
of your device. “Device Reader” is available for free in the CODESYS
Store.
Additional Requirements -
Restrictions -
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contact sales@codesys.com.
Note: Technical specifications are subject to change. Errors and omissions excepted. The content of the current online
version of this document applies.
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