"Date/Time To Seconds" Function does not respond to "fractional second" input

[ReimarSpohr]

The "Date/Time To Seconds" function (contained in the Function\Programming\Timing - Palette) does not respond to the "fractional second" input (see attached example).

[GerdW · Accepted solution]

Hi Reimar,

as I don't see your example I can only say: It works as expected:

[aeastet]

I think he means if you go straight to a DBL type.

[GerdW]

Hi Tim,

there is only one "Date/Time to Seconds" function in the mentioned palette...

Can you explain "go straight to a DBL type"? I don't get the point.

[smercurio_fc]

User posted their code in a new thread.

Let's keep the discussion here.

[smercurio_fc]

To poster:

I tried your example. Works fine. Are you trying to set the control to a value greater than or equal to 1?

From the documentation:

fractional second is the fractions of a second since the start of the second. Values must be greater than or equal to 0 and less than 1.

[PhillipBrooks]

Why convert at all? You should be able to simply add the DBL value to the timestamp.

Jim Kring's "Thinking in G" blog has a nice example of relative time calculations.

http://thinkinging.com/2007/06/08/labview-tip-easy-relative-timestamp-calculations/

[RavensFan]

Are you trying to add fractional seconds to the existing time that includes fractional seconds?

Or are you trying to replace the existing time with a time that is a particular fractional second?

You are doing the latter.