Formatting a timestamp into string with $ specifier

[JeanPierre]

Formatting a timestamp into string with $ specifier does not work; the formatted string is empty and no error is reported:

I have forced the width to 10 to show that the format is at least partially scanned but when it is omitted the timestamp field is empty.

I couldn't find this problem reported/addressed so here it is (LabVIEW 8.6)

[JeanPierre]

Ohhhh... Snippets!!! Code Capture Tool is a must. Congrats!

[tst]

Maybe it means that time isn't money?

[tst]

Also, I forgot to say that I can confirm this in 2009.

And, you may wish to have a look at the about dialog of the CCT. 😉

[crossrulz]

I just ran into this issue with 2014.  Did we ever get a CAR for this?

[dnchen]

Ok looking at the format string, the expected output of the code would be "FILE2014-09-19-SN42.txt"

Instead we get "FILE          -SN42.txt"

I did a quick search on CARs and found nothing specifically addressing this issue although some similar CARs were filed. I will raise this problem with our LabVIEW developers and see if we should file a CAR on it. However, I don't know how high of a priority a fix would be since there are easy workarounds for this.

Thanks,

[AKA_TG]

I have a work around for this if anyone needs it badly I can share.

I use it to make human readable timestamp for putting into a text file.

Might not be in the format you wish for but it will give something.

[AKA_TG]

""there are easy workarounds for this."""  Ahh there you go.

[crossrulz]

Yes, the simple work around is to put the timestamp first in both the string and the inputs.  But this is a bug.  There is no doubt about that.  A high priority?  Probably not.  Something that should be looked for when doing a revamp of the Format String?  Yep.