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Number to Digital Clock Conversion Function

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Number to Digital Clock Conversion Function. Great for countdown or count up. Easy to use. The indicator is a cluster which auto-sizes depending on how many units you are showing, font size, etc.

 

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Richard






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elset191
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Regarding your overflow, I think I might expect to see 102 minutes rather than 60 minutes +  (42 min) Overflow

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Tim Elsey
Certified LabVIEW Architect
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The overflow is there as a caution, or a reminder that you are using a digital clock format, which can't display 102 minutes. I have many tests that run multiple hours, and the users hate to see things like 294 minutes, or worse, 17640 sec. So, I have to do the Modulus trick and make a "clock" - then you have to format a colon into it, etc. It would be nice if it were just part of the IDE.

Richard






altenbach
Knight of NI

What's wrong with simply setting the display format of a numeric indicator to relative time? No code needed!

 

Or use advanced editing mode, e.g. %<%M:%S>t to only display minutes and seconds.

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altenbach: Can't do MM:SS

Richard






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altenbach: You edited your post while I was responding. I didn't know about the advanced editing mode ability to do that. OK! File this one under "Redundant".  Thanks. Smiley Happy

Richard






altenbach
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As I added later: Use %<%M:%S>t in advanced editing mode. You need to coerce the value if you don't want it to exceed two digits on the minutes.

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We're posting and editing at the same time!

Richard






altenbach
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race condition!

Darren
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Any idea that has received less than 5 kudos within 5 years after posting will be automatically declined.