Real Time Clock Management Functions

Time Zone and Clock Synchronization

These function blocks configure the time zone and clock synchronization for the controller.

Function	Description
DTGetNTPServer	Read the NTP "Network Time Protocol" A networking protocol for clock synchronization between computer systems. The PCMM2G can be configured to synchronize with public NTP time servers over the internet or a local NTP time server for networks that are not connected to the internet. server address.
DTGetNTPSync	Read the NTP synchronization enable state.
DTGetTimeZone	Read the Time Zone.
DTListTimeZones	List the time zones available on the controller.
DTSetDateTime	Sets the local date and time.
DTSetNTPServer	Set the NTP server address.
DTSetNTPSync	Set the NTP synchronization enable state.
DTSetTimeZone	Set the time zone.

These functions read the real time clock of the target system:

Function	Description
DTCurDate	Get the present date stamp.
DTCurDateTime	Get the present date and time stamp.
DTCurTime	Get the present time stamp.
DTDay	Get the day of the month from the date stamp.
DTHour	Get the hours from the time stamp.
DTMin	Get the minutes from the time stamp.
DTMonth	Get the month from the date stamp.
DTMs	Get the milliseconds from the time stamp.
DTSec	Get the seconds from the time stamp.
DTYear	Get the year from the date stamp.

These functions format the present date/time to a string:

Function	Description
day_time	Format the present date / time to a string.
DTFormat	Format the present date/time to a string with a custom format.

These functions are used for triggering operations:

Function	Description
DTAt	Generate a pulse at designated time stamp (date and time).
DTEvery	Generate a pulse signal with long period.