F_GetCurDcTickTime

F_GetCurDcTickTime 1:

This function supplies the time of the current (last) tick in TwinCAT Distributed Clock time format.

FUNCTION F_GetCurDcTickTime : T_DCTIME

VAR_INPUT
(*none*)
END_VAR

Example in ST:

PROGRAM MAIN
VAR
    tDC : T_DCTIME;
    sDC : STRING;
    tDCBack : T_DCTIME;

    sDCZero : STRING;(* DCTIME = zero time starts on 01.01.2000 *)
    tDCBackFromZero : T_DCTIME;

    tDCFromString : T_DCTIME;
    sDCBackFromString : STRING;
END_VAR

tDC := F_GetCurDcTickTime();
sDC := DCTIME_TO_STRING( tDC );
tDCBack := STRING_TO_DCTIME( sDC );

sDCZero := DCTIME_TO_STRING( ULARGE_INTEGER(0, 0) );
tDCBackFromZero := STRING_TO_DCTIME( sDCZero );

tDCFromString := STRING_TO_DCTIME( '2007-03-09-11:31:09.223456789' );
sDCBackFromString := DCTIME_TO_STRING( tDCFromString );

Requirements

Development environment	Target system type	PLC libraries to include
TwinCAT v2.10.0 Build > 1310 or higher	PC or CX (x86, ARM)	TcEtherCAT.Lib ( Standard.Lib; TcBase.Lib; TcSystem.Lib, TcUtilities.Lib are included automatically )