B&B Electronics VFG3000 - Manual - Manual (Page 240)

D ATE ( Y , M , D ) V LINX F IELDBUS G ATEWAY M ANAGER U SER M ANUAL
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D
ATE
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Y
,
M
,
D
)
A RGUMENT T YPE D ESCRIPTION
y int The year to be encoded, in four-digit form.
m int The month to be encoded, from 1 to 12.
d int The date to be encoded, from 1 upwards.
D ESCRIPTION
Returns a value representing the indicated date as the number of seconds elapsed since the
datum point of 1
st January 1997. This value can then be used with other time/date functions.
F UNCTION T YPE
This function is passive.
R
ETURN
T
YPE
int .
E XAMPLE
t := Date(2000,12,31)