Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 504)

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Time and date embedded variable syntax
Use time and date embedded variables to insert the current time or date into captions, title
bars, and messages
Time and date embedded variables use this syntax:
/*Time_date_format*/
where
Time_date_format uses one of these character sequences:
Example: Time and date embedded variable syntax
To show the time followed by the short date, you would type this:
/*TSD*/
A space is placed between the time and date when the embedded variable is shown at run
time.
How embedded variables are updated at run time
At run time, this is how embedded variables are shown and updated:
 Graphic objects and title bars—When a display containing a graphic object or title bar
that uses an embedded variable is open, the value of the embedded variable is updated
whenever a new tag value is read from the data source. For time and date embedded
variables, the time and date are updated as the system time and date change.
These characters Specify this format
SD Short date
LD Long date
SDT Short date and time
LDT Long date and time
T Time
TSD Time and short date
TLD Time and long date