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TIME$
Field of Application Variable for setting or returning the current time.
Syntax Setting the time: TIME$=
Chapter 2 Program Instructions
sets the current time by a 6-digit number specifying Hour,
Minute and Second.
Reading the time: =TIME$[()]
returns the current time according to the printer's clock.
is an optional flag "F", indicating that the time will be returned
according to the format specified by FORMAT TIME$.
Remarks This variable works best if a real-time clock circuit (RTC) is fitted on the
printer's CPU board. The RTC is battery backed-up and will keep record of
the time even if the power is turned off or lost.
If no RTC is installed, the internal clock will be used. After startup, an error
will occur when trying to read the date or time before the internal clock has
been manually set by means of either a DATE$ or a TIME$ variable. If only
the date is set, the internal clock starts at 00:00:00 and if only the time is set,
the internal clock starts at Jan 01 1980. After setting the internal clock, you
can use the DATE$ and TIME$ variables the same way as when an RTC is
fitted, until a power off or REBOOT causes the date and time values to be lost.
The time is always entered and, by default, returned in the following order
HHMMSS, where:
HH = Hour Two digits (00–23)
MM = Minute Two digits (00–59)
SS = Second Two digits (00–59)
Time is entered as a 24-hour cycle, e.g. 8 o'clock pm is entered as "200000".
The clock will be reset at the exact moment, when the appending carriage
return character is received, e.g. when you press the Return key (Immediate
Mode and Intermec Direct Protocol), or when the instruction is executed
(Programming Mode).
The format for how the printer will return time from a TIME$("F") variable
can be changed by means of a FORMAT TIME$ statement.
Example Setting and reading the time, then printing it on the screen of the host:
10 TIME$ = "154300"
20 FORMAT TIME$ "HH.MM"
30 PRINT "Time_is_"+TIME$("F")
RUN
yields:
Time_is_15.43
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