Conversion instructions
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Part II IEC Instructions
TIME_TO_INT
TIME into INTEGER
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PLC types
Availability of TIME_TO_INT (see page 1331)
Data type I/O Function
TIME input input data type
INT output conversion result
Description
TIME_TO_INT converts a value of the data type TIME into a value of the data type INT.
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 INTEGER. The result
will be written into the output variable INT_value.
LD
ST
When programming with structured text, enter the following:
INT_value:=TIME_TO_INT(time_value);