7.5 Date/Time Components
Digital Date/Time
This component can be used to display the date and/or time. There are several predefined formatting patterns, but you can use your own as well. The table below contains all formatting variables:
| Placeholder | Meaning | Type |
|---|---|---|
| G | Era designator | Text |
| y | Year | Number |
| M | Month in year | Text and number |
| d | Day in month | Number |
| h | Hour in am/pm (1~12) | Number |
| H | Hour in day (0~23) | Number |
| m | Minute in hour | Number |
| s | Second in minute | Number |
| S | Millisecond | Number |
| E | Day in week | Text |
| D | Day in year | Number |
| F | Day of week in Month | Number |
| w | Week in year | Number |
| W | Week in month | Number |
| a | AM/PM marker | Text |
| k | Hour in day (1~24) | Number |
| K | Hour in AM/PM (0~11) | Number |
| Z | Time zone | Text |
| ' | Escape for text | – |
| " | Single Quote | – |
Digital Time (With Separators)
This component displays the time in HH:MM or HH:MM:SS format, where each separator can be flashing. The position of the separators has to be defined manually in the Inspector.
Analog Clock
This component displays an analog clock with three handles for hours, minutes and seconds. The size of each handle can be modified separately in the Inspector, as well as the border and the center dot.
Countdown / Countup
These components count up or down. You can define the minutes and seconds in the Inspector. The 'Pause' input port can be used to pause the counter temporarily.