Variables storing dates and times (sys.Date, sys.Time, sys.SysTime, sys.LocalTime)

sys.Date,,i4/dn	System date
sys.Time,,u4/ts	System time
sys.SysTime,,u4/es	System time in elapsed seconds
sys.LocalTime,,u4/es	Corrected system time in elapsed seconds
New in version 6.3.0: See the new features.
sys.MilliSecs,,u8,””###############0”	Current system time in milliseconds

System date and time fields. Cannot be updated.

sys.Date	The system date. This field is updated from the system clock every time its value is read, unless a value has been assigned to the field. In this case, automatic updating from the system date ceases for the remaining duration of the program and the stored value is preserved.
sys.Time	The current time from the system, continuously updated. Stored as seconds, starting from midnight which is 0, and prints and displays in hh:mm:ss format.
sys.SysTime	The system time in elapsed seconds from 00.00 January 1st, 1970 GMT. Always set to Greenwich Mean Time. The logical type of this field can be changed to td (date and time), in which case it returns the correct date and time. This is done by use of a logical type flag at run time, as follows: sys.SysTime->logical_type = LT_DTIME This variable can be used to calculate time differences and to seed the random number generator.
sys.LocalTime	This field is identical to sys.SysTime, except that it is corrected for the local time zone and for daylight savings.
sys.MilliSecs	The current system time in milliseconds. Use to measure elapsed time with millisecond accuracy.

Note

The equivalent values on a remote server are accessed by means of the server_time() function.

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EXAMPLE

1. Display current date:

   +textbox DateBox at 70,4 {
       field = sys.Date
       label = "DATE"
   }
   
       display DateBox
   

2. Time an update procedure:

   tmp.TimeSave = sys.SysTime
   UpdateEverything()
   tmp.TimeTaken = sys.SysTime - tmp.Time
   

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RELATED TOPICS

Logical field types