BinaryTime6_To_String

Converts the components of the structured type T_BinaryTime into a formatted Binary-Time string. The resulting string has the following structure: ‘BT#[YYYY-MM-DD-]hh:mm:ss[.nnn]‘. It corresponds to the TwinCAT Binary-Time string format specification.

Namespace: Tc3_Collections
Library: Tc3_Collections (Tc3_Collections.compiled-library)

Syntax

FUNCTION BinaryTime6_To_String : STRING(26)
VAR_INPUT
    in     : T_BinaryTime;
END_VAR
VAR_OUTPUT
    bError : BOOL;
END_VAR

BinaryTime6_To_String 1: Inputs

Name

Type

Description

in

T_BinaryTime

The time information to be converted as a Binary-Time structure.

BinaryTime6_To_String 2: Outputs

Name

Type

Description

bError

BOOL

The output is "TRUE" if the value of the in.day component is greater than "16#AE35" (this corresponds to February 7, 2106). In this case the function returns an empty string.

BinaryTime6_To_String 3: Return value

Name

Type

Description

BinaryTime6_To_String

STRING(26)

Converted time information as a Binary-Time string.

Sample

METHOD BinaryTime6_ToFrom_String : BOOL
VAR_INPUT
    fbIED  : REFERENCE TO FB_IED;
END_VAR
VAR
    tValue : T_BinaryTime;
    sValue : STRING;
END_VAR
IF NOT __ISVALIDREF(fbIED) THEN
    RETURN;
END_IF

tValue := String_To_BinaryTime6('BT#01:02:03');
sValue := BinaryTime6_To_String(tValue); (* sValue := 'BT#1984-01-01-01:02:03' *)
IF fbIED.Relay.LLN0.brcb1.TimeOfEntry.sValue <> sValue THEN
    tValue := fbIED.Relay.LLN0.brcb1.TimeOfEntry.tValue;
END_IF

tValue := String_To_BinaryTime6('BT#04:05:06.7');
sValue := BinaryTime6_To_String(tValue);(* sValue := 'BT#1984-01-01-04:05:06.700' *)
IF fbIED.Relay.LLN0.brcb2.TimeOfEntry.sValue <> sValue THEN
    tValue := fbIED.Relay.LLN0.brcb2.TimeOfEntry.tValue;
END_IF

tValue := String_To_BinaryTime6('BT#2017-01-18-11:12:13');
sValue := BinaryTime6_To_String(tValue);(* sValue := 'BT#2017-01-18-11:12:13' *)
IF fbIED.Relay.LLN0.brcb3.TimeOfEntry.sValue <> sValue THEN
    tValue := fbIED.Relay.LLN0.brcb3.TimeOfEntry.tValue;
END_IF

BinaryTime6_ToFrom_String := TRUE;