Lenze PLC Designer PLC Designer (R3-1) - Manual (Page 1104)

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1102 DMS 4.1 EN 03/2011 TD29
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16.4.4 Functions
In ST a function call can also appear as an operand.
Example:
Result := Fct(7) + 3;
TIME()-Function
This function returns the time (based on milliseconds) which has been passed since the
system was started.
The data type is TIME.
Example in IL:
TIME
ST systime (* Result for example: T#35m11s342ms *)
Example in ST:
systime:=TIME();