User Manual

54 General program functions
Character Meaning Example
ss
2-place time in seconds
03, 55
E
Abbreviated day of week
Mo, Tu, We
EEEE
Day of week
Monday, Tuesday
D
1- , 2- or 3-place number of day in year
2, 35, 142
DD
2- or 3-place number of day in year
02, 35, 142
DDD
3-place number of day in year
002, 035, 142
F
1-place number of day in month, e.g. the 2nd Monday in May
2
w
1- or 2-place number of week in year
5, 25
ww
2-place number of week in year
05, 25
W
1-place number of week in month
3
a
Format AM/PM
AM, PM
'
Introductory and terminating characters for entering any text
''
Enters '
'
Note
If you want to return the time in the format AM/PM then in addition to the format-
ting character h you must use the AM/PM marking a.
Examples
TimeToText(Time()) = current date and current time (system) as Text
TimeToText(Time(2004;05;04)) = 2004-05-04 00:00:00 UTC+2 (depends on
the system time)
TimeToText('CV.TestTime') = value of the Common variable (type Time) as
Text
TimeToText(Time(2000;12;31);"EEEE', 'dd'.'MMMM' 'yyyy") = Sunday, 31 De-
cember 2000
TimeToText(Time(1997;05;22);"M'/'d'/'yyyy', 'ha") = 5/22/1997, 12PM
Functions - Text
TextPosition
Syntax
y = TextPosition(Text ; Sample text)
Returns the Index that indicates at which position the
Sample text first oc-
curs in the
Text. The numbering of the index starts at 1!
Parameter
Text
The parameter can either be entered directly or as a Variable of the type
Text, Number or Date/Time.