Zebra Technologies EPL2 - Manual (Page 105)

TD Command - Define Date Layout
Description Use this command to define the date format
when printing.
Use the variable TD in a Text or Bar Code ( A & B
commands) DATA parameter to print the date.
Syntax TDp
1
[|p
2
|p
3
]
Parameters p
1
, p
2
, p
3
= The parameters describe the
format of the date display. At lease one
parameter must be supplied. Each pa-
rameter can be any of the acceptable
values listed below.
Value Description
y2 Year displayed as 2 digits (95)
y4 Year displayed as 4 digits (1995)
me Month displayed as 3 letters (JAN)
mn Month displayed as 2 digits (01)
dd Day displayed as 2 digits (15)
| = Separator character. The separator may
be any ASCII character value between
032 and 063. The separator character is
printed between the results of each of
the supplied parameters.
This command only works in printers equipped with
the Real Time Clock time and date option.
Examples: If the current date is January 15, 2000:
TDy2/me/dd↵ :00/JAN/15
TDdd-me-y4↵ :15-JAN-2000
TDdd,mn,y4↵ :15,01,2000
TDdd/me/y2 :15/09/00
A100,100,0,4,1,2,N,"Today is"TD :Today is 15/09/00
A100,200,0,4,1,2,N,"Next Week-"TD+07 :Next Week-22/09/00
A100,300,0,4,1,2,N,"Next Month-"TD+30 :Next Month-15/10/00
A100,400,0,4,1,2,N,"Two Months-"TD+61 :Two Months-15/11/00
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