Owning Palette: Timing VIs and Functions
Requires: Base Development System
Converts a timestamp value or a numeric value to a date and time string in the time zone configured for the computer. The function interprets timestamp and numeric values as the time-zone-independent number of seconds that have elapsed since 12:00 a.m., Friday, January 1, 1904, Universal Time.
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date format selects the appearance of the date string. Date formats vary with your system configuration. To use a different date format, use the Format Date/Time String function.
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time stamp can be a timestamp or a numeric. If numeric, this number is the time-zone-independent number of seconds that have elapsed since 12:00 a.m., Friday, January 1, 1904, Universal Time [01-01-1904 00:00:00]. The default is the current date and time. If year is before 1904, time stamp is negative. | ||||||
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want seconds? controls the display of seconds in the time string. | ||||||
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date string is the string returned by the function according to the specified date format. | ||||||
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time string returns the string formatted according to the configured time zone for your computer. want seconds? controls whether the string includes seconds. |