Programming instructions

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Chapter 2 Program Instructions
TIME$
Field of Application Variable for setting or returning the current time.
Syntax Setting the time: TIME$=<sexp>
<sexp> sets the current time by a 6-digit number specifying Hour,
Minute and Second.
Reading the time: <svar>=TIME$[(<sexp>)]
<svar> returns the current time according to the printer’s clock.
<sexp> is an optional fl ag "F", indicating that the time will be returned
according to the format specifi ed by FORMAT TIME$.
Remarks
This variable works best if a real-time clock circuit (RTC) is fi tted on the
printer’s CPU board. The RTC is battery backed-up and will keep record of
the time even if the power is turned off or lost.
If no RTC is installed, the internal clock will be used. After startup, an error
will occur when trying to read the date or time before the internal clock has
been manually set by means of either a DATE$ or a TIME$ variable. If only
the date is set, the internal clock starts at 00:00:00 and if only the time
is set, the internal clock starts at Jan 01 1980. After setting the internal
clock, you can use the DATE$ and TIME$ variables the same way as
when an RTC is fi tted, until a power off or REBOOT causes the date
and time values to be lost.
The time is always entered and, by default, returned in the following
order HHMMSS, where:
HH = Hour Two digits (00-23)
MM = Minute Two digits (00-59)
SS = Second Two digits (00-59)
Time is entered as a 24-hour cycle, for example 8 o’clock pm is entered
as "200000".
The clock will be reset at the exact moment, when the appending carriage
return character is received, for example when you press the Return key
(Immediate Mode and Intermec Direct Protocol), or when the instruction is
executed (Programming Mode).
The format for how the printer will return time from a TIME$("F") variable
can be changed by means of a FORMAT TIME$ statement.
Example Setting and reading the time, then printing it on the screen of the host:
10 TIME$ = "154300"
20 FORMAT TIME$ "HH.MM"
30 PRINT "Time is "+TIME$("F")
RUN
yields:
Time is 15.43