Display Date/Time

[FrankieT]

Hi guys. Been searching the forum and maybe I miss it. Just wonder how do I display Date/Time in HSTouch?

I found the "$DATE=dddd MMMM dd, yyyy h:mm:tt" command but how do I get it to run in Hstouch?

Many Thanks.

[nightwalker]

Something like this should work added into the text field of the property.

[$DATE=dddd, MMMM d yyyy, h:mm:tt]

[FrankieT]

Thanks for your help nightstalker

Just browsed the "help content" and found it there too (feel so stupid)

[nightwalker]

no worries, it happens to us all at one point or another!

[ramshaklez]

Looks like the "tt" parameter isn't working in Android. Everything else works just fine but I've tried to get AM/PM (which I believe is the tt parameter) and it makes the entire string fail.

Any suggestions?

[Uncle Michael]

Looks like the "tt" parameter isn't working in Android. . . . it makes the entire string fail. Any suggestions?

I typically don't use it. (AM/PM is rarely in doubt when looking at the time in HSTouch.)

Can you just leave it off?
Have you tried 24 hr format?
A fix is pretty unlikely for HS2 versions of anything.

[ramshaklez]

I got it to work by using [$TIME=h:mm tt] instead of DATE.

This is in H3 btw...

[Uncle Michael]

I got it to work by using [$TIME=h:mm tt] instead of DATE. This is in H3 btw...

Glad it's working.
(There's another forum for the HS3 version of HS Touch.)

[Techn0]

Hmm, trying to get this working in the UK and its not taking into account the Regional Differences.
Configured as: [$DATE=ddd. d MMM. yyyy HH:mm]
But displays the 12 Feb instead of 2 Dec.

[metkhoo]

For my Android tablet, since "tt" didn't work with $DATE I used both $DATE and $TIME :

[$DATE=dddd, MMMM d yyyy] [$TIME=h:mm tt]

[kellermix]

Hi
Any thoughts why I can't see the AM or PM on my Ipad? I'm using [$DATE=ddd, MMM dd yyyy, h:mm:tt]
It shows AM and PM on the HSTouch but the time is off.The time is correct on the Ipad

[srodgers]

I switched to using a virtual device to hold the current time so all of my HS Touch screens all have the exact same time. Using the [$TIME=h:mm tt] wold result in time drift between some android tablets and iPads. Each has it own clock and time sync so they would get off. Bugged the wife so I changed the time display to a HS update a VD every minute HS updates to the current time. In HS touch I display that device and next to it I use [$TIME=tt] for just AM/PM part.