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Input Data from the Printer's Clock/Calendar
The printer's clock/calendar can be used to provide input data to text
and bar code fi elds by including any of the following instructions in the
, , or
PRTXT PRBOX
DATE$
Returns the current date according to the printer's calendar in the standard format YYMMDD, where YY
is the last two digits of the year, MM is the number of the month (01-12), and DD is the number of the
day (01-31).
Example:
PT DATE$ ↵
DATE$ ("F")
Returns the current date according to the printer's calendar in the format specifi ed by FORMAT DATE$,
see Chapter 6.4.
Example:
PT DATE$("F") ↵
TIME$
Returns the current time according to the printer's clock in the standard time format HHMMSS, where
HH is the hour (00-24), MM is the minute (00-59) and SS is the second (00-59).
Example:
PT TIME$ ↵
TIME$ ("F")
Returns the current time according to the printer's clock in the format specifi ed by FORMAT TIME$, see
Chapter 6.4.
Example:
PT TIME$("F") ↵
WEEKDAY$ ("<date>")
Returns the name of the weekday in plain text according to NAME WEEKDAY$ (see Chapter 6.4) from a
given date or the current date.
<date>
Examples:
PT WEEKDAY$("041201") ↵
PT WEEKDAY$(DATE$) ↵
Intermec Direct Protocol v7.80 Programmer's Reference Manual
instructions:
PRBAR
can be specifi ed in the standard format "YYMMDD" or by a DATE$ instruc-
tion.
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