Send Date types variables to M340 PLC

Kevin, check Unity Pro Help - it describes Date type.

The Date type in 32 bit format contains the following information:

the year coded in a 16-bit field (4 most significant half-bytes)

the month coded in an 8-bit field (2 half bytes)

the day coded in an 8-bit field (2 least significant half bytes)

Representation in BCD format of the date 2001-09-20:

Year (2001)  Month (09)  Day (20)  

0010 0000 0000 0001  0000 1001  0010 0000  

Syntax Rules

The Date type is entered as follows: D#<Year>-<Month>-<Day>

This table shows the lower/upper limits in each field.

Field  Limits  Comment  

Year  [1990,2099]  

Month  [01,12]  The left 0 is always displayed, but can be omitted at the time of entry  

Day  [01,31]  For the months 01\03\05\07\08\10\12  

[01,30]  For the months 04\06\09\11  

[01,29]  For the month 02 (leap years)  

[01,28]  For the month 02 (non leap years)  

Example:

Entry  Comments  

D#2001-1-1  The left 0 of the month and the day can be omitted  

d#1990-02-02  The prefix can be written in lower case  

Kevin, check Unity Pro Help - it describes Date type.

The Date type in 32 bit format contains the following information:

the year coded in a 16-bit field (4 most significant half-bytes)

the month coded in an 8-bit field (2 half bytes)

the day coded in an 8-bit field (2 least significant half bytes)

Representation in BCD format of the date 2001-09-20:

Year (2001)  Month (09)  Day (20)  

0010 0000 0000 0001  0000 1001  0010 0000  

Syntax Rules

The Date type is entered as follows: D#<Year>-<Month>-<Day>

This table shows the lower/upper limits in each field.

Field  Limits  Comment  

Year  [1990,2099]  

Month  [01,12]  The left 0 is always displayed, but can be omitted at the time of entry  

Day  [01,31]  For the months 01\03\05\07\08\10\12  

[01,30]  For the months 04\06\09\11  

[01,29]  For the month 02 (leap years)  

[01,28]  For the month 02 (non leap years)  

Example:

Entry  Comments  

D#2001-1-1  The left 0 of the month and the day can be omitted  

d#1990-02-02  The prefix can be written in lower case