Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 576)

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For details about options in the Time and Date Variable dialog box, click Help.
For information about how embedded variables are updated at run time, see page 21-10.
Syntax for time and date embedded variables
Time and date embedded variables use this syntax:
/*Time_date_format */
where
Time_date_format uses one of these character sequences:
Example: Time and date embedded variable
At run time, the time and date embedded variable
/*SDT*/
would show the short date followed the time, for example:
9/28/2006 1:12:25 PM
A space is inserted between the time and date at run time.
How embedded variables are shown at run time
If there is no valid data available for an embedded variable, the caption, local message,
tooltip, or title bar that contains it will show question marks (?).
This might occur when a display first opens and the data has not arrived yet, or when there
is a problem that prevents communication with the data source.
These characters Specify this format
SD Short date
LD Long date
SDT Short date and time
LDT Long date and time
T Time
TSD Time and short date
TLD Time and long date