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Total Seconds to Time+Date (B98)

Conversion of Seconds to Time/Date

Block name

B98_TOTAL_SECONDS_TO_TIME_DATE

ST call

PROGRAM TEST B98
VAR
SINT1,SINT2,SINT3,SINT4,SINT5,SINT7: SINT;
INT6,INT8: INT;
FB : LIB.CORE.V1_0.B98_TOTAL_SECONDS_TO_TIME_DATE;
END_VAR
FB(IN:=GETLOCALTIME(),SEC=>SINT1,MIN=>SINT2,HOUR=>SINT3,DAY=>SINT4,MON=>SINT5,YEAR=>INT6,WDAY=>SINT7,REAMINDAY=>INT8);
END_PROGRAM

Library

LIB\CORE

Version

V1.0

Description

The block converts the total seconds starting at 1.1.1970, 0:00, to seconds, minutes, hours etc.

Inputs

Input Type Description
IN DT Input of DateTime value

Outputs

Output Type Description
SEC SINT Seconds
MIN SINT Minuted
HOUR SINT Hours
DAY SINT Days
MON SINT Months
YEAR INT Years
WDAY SINT Day of week (0 = Sunday, 1 = Monday, ..., 6 = Saturday)
REMAINDAY INT Days remaining until the end of the month (last day: remainday = 0)

Function

The block converts the total time in (starting at 1.1.1970, 00:00), into other units The resulting outputs are sec, min, hour, day, mon, and year. For example, for in=3600 the outputs are sec=0, min=0, hour=1, day=1, mon=1, year=1970. Apart from this, the wday output shows the day of week (0 = Sunday, 1 = Monday, ..., 6 = Saturday).

Note that the input values are in UTC format. If in < 0 then it is supposed that in = 0.

Application example

The block, together with B97, is used as an auxiliary block for various time/date conversions, calculating of time spans etc.