Conversion instructions
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Part II IEC Instructions
TIME_TO_WORD
TIME into WORD
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PLC types
Availability of TIME_TO_WORD (see page 1332)
Data type I/O Function
TIME input input data type
WORD output conversion result
Examples: Input variable Output variable
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Description
TIME_TO_WORD converts a value of the data type TIME into a value of the data type WORD.
Data types
Example
In this example, the same POU header is used for all programming languages. For an example
using IL (instruction list), please refer to the online help.
POU header
All input and output variables used for programming this function have been declared in the POU
header.
This example uses variables. You can also use a constant for the input variable.
Body
Time_value of the data type TIME is converted into a value of the data type WORD. The result will
be written into the output variable WORD_value.
LD
ST
When programming with structured text, enter the following:
WORD_value:=TIME_TO_WORD(time_value);