Rockwell Automation 1746-BAS BASIC LANGUAGE - Manual (Page 128)

Publication 1746-RM001A-US-P
10-6 Clock/Calendar Functions
CALL 46 – Retrieve Time
Numeric Purpose
Use CALL 46 to return the time of day in numeric form. Retrieve the time of day
in numeric form by executing CALL 46 and POPping the three variables off of the
argument stack on return. There are no input arguments. The time is POPped in
hour, minute, and second order.
Syntax
CALL 46
POP [hour]
POP [minute]
POP [second]
Example
>1 REM EXAMPLE PROGRAM
>10 REM TIME IN VARIABLES EXAMPLE : REM GET THE WALL CLOCK
TIME
>20 CALL 46
>30 POP H,M,S
>40 PRINT “CURRENT TIME IS ”,H,M,S
>50 END
READY
>RUN
CURRENT TIME IS 6 43 7
READY
>
CALL 47 – Retrieve Day
of Week String Purpose
Use CALL 47 to return the current day of week as a 3-character string. PUSH the
number of the string to receive the day of week. You must allocate a minimum of 3
characters per string. Strings returned are SUN, MON, TUE, WED, THU, FRI,
and SAT.
Syntax
PUSH [string number]
CALL 47
Example
>1 REM EXAMPLE PROGRAM
>10 STRING 100,20