system.date.setTime

This feature is new in Ignition version 7.8.1

Description

Takes in a date, and returns a copy of it with the time fields set as specified.

Syntax

system.date.setTime (date, hour, minute, second )

  • Parameters

Date date - The starting date.

Int hour - The hours (0-23) to set.

Int minute - The minutes (0-59) to set.

Int second - The seconds (0-59) to set.

  • Returns

Date - A new date, set to the appropriate time.

  • Scope

All

Code Examples
Code Snippet
#This example will set the date object to the current date with the time set to 01:37 in the morning and 44 seconds.
date = system.date.getDate(2018, 6, 29)
print system.date.setTime(date, 1, 37, 44) #This will print Fri June 29 01:37:44 PDT 2018