Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Function Manual page 59

Format coding
The following table shows the coding of the attribute in "FORMAT":
0
1
2
3
4
5
-
10
11
12
13
14
15
-
20xx
21xx
22xx
-
30
40
Two additional values are available for the formats DATE, TIME and DATE AND TIME:
01
02
-
11
12
-
21
22
-
31
32
Advanced Process Functions (APF)
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Integer value
INTEGER 32
REAL without decimal places
REAL with 1 decimal place
REAL with 2 decimal places
REAL with 3 decimal places
REAL with 4 decimal places
-
STRING 8 characters
STRING 16 characters
STRING 32 characters
STRING 64 characters
STRING 128 characters
STRING 14 characters (for PLM Dairy Library)
-
DATE
TIME
DATE AND TIME
-
BOOL
ENUMERATION
Integer value
German date format (DD.MM.YYYY) + time (hh:mm:ss)
German date format (DD.MM.YYYY) + time (hh:mm)
-
U.S. date format (MM/DD/YYYY) + time (hh:mm:ss)
U.S. date format (MM/DD/YYYY) + time (hh:mm)
-
ISO 8601 date format (YYYY/MM/DD) + time (hh:mm:ss)
ISO 8601 date format (YYYY/MM/DD) + time (hh:mm)
-
British date format (DD/MM/YYYY) + time (hh:mm:ss)
British date format (DD/MM/YYYY) + time (hh:mm)
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