Serial Numbers > Format Definition: Date/Time

The following FCI commands are found in this chapter:

Command	Description
TN	Set serial number to its next value

Table 55: Overview Commands Format Definition: Date/Time

%a Abbreviated weekday name

%A Full weekday name

%b Abbreviated month name

%B Full month name

%c Date and time representation appropriate for locale

%C Month as character digit (A-L)

%d Day of month as decimal number (01 – 31)

%H Hour in 24-hour format (00 – 23)

%I Hour in 12-hour format (01 – 12)

%j Day of year as decimal number (001 – 366)

%k Weekday as decimal number (1 - 7; Sunday is 7)

%K Weekday as decimal number (1 - 7; Sunday is 1)

%L Month mapping placeholder, see Month Map in SAMLight manual

%l (lower case "L") Day mapping placeholder, see Day Map in SAMLight manual

%m Month as decimal number (01 – 12)

%M Minute as decimal number (00 – 59)

%o Year mapping placeholder, see Year Map in SAMLight manual

%O Year as a single character representation, ASCII character 'H' represents Year 2000.

%p Current locale's A.M./P.M. indicator for 12-hour clock

%q Week of year as decimal number, with Monday as first day of week (01 – 52)

%Q Week of year as decimal number, with Sunday as first day of week (01 – 52)

%r, %R Year as a single decimal number representation (0 – 9)

%S Second as decimal number (00 – 59)

%T Working Shift Placeholder, see Shift Map in SAMLight manual

%v Hour to letter representation ('A' – 'Z'; 0:00 h is 'A')

%w Weekday as decimal number (0 – 6; Sunday is 0)

%x Date representation for current locale

%X Time representation for current locale

%y Year without century, as decimal number (00 – 99)

%Y Year with century, as decimal number

%* Year without century, as decimal number (00 – 99) and week of year as decimal number

%% Percent sign

Example:

SI F %d%H%M <CR> (set the format string, day of the month, hour and minute)

0:<CR>

SI F <CR> (get the changed serial number string)

0: "201331"<CR> (it is the 20th day of the month and the time is 13:31)

note

USC-2: The time zone is set to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). This time zone is not a daylight saving time (DST) zone.

USC-3: The time zone is set to Central European Summer Time (CEST). This time zone is a Daylight Saving Time (DST) zone. With DST, the clocks are set forward by one hour in spring and back by one hour in autumn. The one hour time change only takes effect on DateTime objects after a reboot of the USC-3.

TN <EN> Set serial number to its next value
Description	Set the serial number to its next value.
<EN>	Value: <string>	Function
	empty	Not available. This parameter is obligatory.
	Entity_Name	Set the serial number specified by its name (given in entity info) to the next value.
Example	Command	Return	Note
	TN	2:	Too few parameters.
	TN 1	6:	Entity not found. The serial number needs to be specified by its name not by the number.
	TN MySN	0:	Set the serial number MySN to its next value.
Notes	-
Save	N/A
Restriction	•Set: not allowed during marking
Errors	•1: Too many parameters •2: Too few parameters •5: Not allowed during marking •6: Entity not found

Table 56: TN