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TIME$
Purpose Variable for setting or returning the current time.
Syntax Setting the time: TIME$=
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sets the current time by a 6-digit number specifying Hour, Minute
and Second.
Reading the time: =TIME$[()]
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$.
Remarks This variable works best if a real-time clock circuit (RTC) is fitted on the
printer’s CPU board. The RTC is battery backed-up and will keep record
of the time even if the power is turned off or lost.
If no RTC is installed, the internal clock will be used. After startup, an
error will occur when trying to read the date or time before the internal
clock has been manually set using either a DATE$ 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.
Time is always entered and, by default, returned as HHMMSS, where:
HH = Hour Two digits (00-23)
MM = Minute Two digits (00-59)
SS = Second Two digit (00-59)
Time is entered as a 24-hour cycle, for example 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, for example 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$("F") variable
can be changed using a FORMAT TIME$ 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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