Rockwell Automation 1746-BAS BASIC LANGUAGE - Manual (Page 127)

Publication 1746-RM001A-US-P
Clock/Calendar Functions 10-5
Example
>1 REM EXAMPLE PROGRAM
>10 REM DATE RETRIEVE - NUMERIC EXAMPLE
>20 CALL 44 : REM INVOKE THE UTILITY ROUTINE
>30 POP D,M,Y : REM GET THE DATA FROM THE ARGUMENT STACK
>40 PRINT “CURRENT DATE IS ”,Y,M,D
>50 END
READY
>RUN
CURRENT DATE IS 91 6 19
READY
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CALL 45 – Retrieve Time
String Purpose
Use CALL 45 to return the current time in a string (HH:MM:SS). PUSH the
number of the string to receive the time. You must allocate a minimum of 8
characters for the string.
Syntax
PUSH [string number]
CALL 45
Example
>1 REM EXAMPLE PROGRAM
>10 STRING 100,20
>20 PUSH 1 : CALL 45 : REM PUT TIME IN STRING 1
>30 PRINT $(1)
>40 END
READY
>RUN
06:40:49
READY
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