How do I get correct time format in emails?

[Eug]

I have some events that send emails and I'm using the $time variable to embed the current time in the email. This comes out in 12-hour format despite my system being configured for 24-hour time and the HS3 web UI showing me 24-hour time.

How do I get the time in my emails to not be 12-hour?

[sparkman]

A couple of options that I see are to create a virtual device that holds the time in the format that you want, and the other one is to send the email through a script as you can format the time in the script more easily.


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[Eug]

Thanks. Is there some easy way to set a device's status string to the current 24-hour time without learning HS scripting?

[sparkman]

Thanks. Is there some easy way to set a device's status string to the current 24-hour time without learning HS scripting?

You can create an event to run a single line script. The single line script to use would be:

&nhs.SetDeviceString(6372,DateTime.Now.ToString("HH:mm"),True)

Run the event once a minute, referenced to the top of the hour and change 6372 to the reference id of your virtual device.



Cheers
Al

[Eug]

Awesome. Thank you!

[sparkman]

Awesome. Thank you!

You're welcome. On further review, it will be better to use this function as it generates no log entries:

&hs.SetDeviceString 6372, FormatDateTime(Time,4),True

&nhs uses a vb.net script and when it generates those, there's an entry in the log every time. Using &hs uses vbscript which does not generate the log entries. The syntax for the vbscript call is a bit different.

Cheers
Al

[Eug]

Oh, even better. The logging was getting annoying, and my searches told me there was no way around it.

[sparkman]

Oh, even better. The logging was getting annoying, and my searches told me there was no way around it.

I put in a Bugzilla for it to see if HS can add a way to suppress those as well.

Cheers
Al