clockTimeToLinsec (Function)

This function can be used to convert a time in year, month, day, hour, minute, and second format to number of seconds since 1980-1-1 00:00:00.

Input:

year : INT (-1, 1980 .. 2048) (Default -1)

The current year.

month : SINT (-1, 1 .. 12) (Default -1)

The current month.

day : SINT (-1, 1 .. 31) (Default -1)

The current date.

hour: SINT (-1 .. 23) (Default -1)

The current hour.

minute : SINT (-1 .. 59) (Default -1)

The current minute.

second : SINT (-1 .. 59) (Default -1)

The current second.

Returns: DINT

The specified time in seconds since 1980-1-1 00:00:00.

Declaration:

FUNCTION clockTimeToLinsec : DINT;
VAR_INPUT
  Year   : INT := -1; // 1980..2048
  Month : SINT := -1; // 01..12    
  Day   : SINT := -1; // 01..31    
  Hour   : SINT := -1; // 00..23    
  Minute : SINT := -1; // 00..59    
  Second : SINT := -1; // 00..59    
END_VAR;

Example:

INCLUDE rtcu.inc
 
PROGRAM test;
 
VAR
  a : DINT;
END_VAR;
 
BEGIN
  ...
  // Convert 2001-12-24 12:00:30 to number of seconds since 1980-1-1 00:00:00
  a := clockTimeToLinsec(year := 2001, month := 12, day := 24, hour:=12, minute:=0, second:=30);
  ...
END;
 
END_PROGRAM;