display format of time stamp

[labviewette]

hello everybody,

i have a time stamp indicator in a subvi and i pass it out as part of a cluster. the display format of the time stamp is "system time format", 0 digits. when i probe  the output of the subvi in the main vi i get a time stamp value with 3 digits. this does not make any sense.

unfortunately, i could not reproduce this behavior in a simple vi to attach.

maybe you have encountered this kind of behaviour before.

all ideas are welcome !

using labview 2011

[paul_a_cardinale · Accepted solution]

Display format information is not in the data; it is a property of the indicator, which is not necessarily going to be the same as te format in a probe.

[DFGray]

Note that you can create a custom probe to produce any format you want.  Right click on a wire and select Custom Probe»New... This will create a template VI with your data input that you can then use to create a different output.  See the LabVIEW help for details.

[labviewette]

thanks for the helpful notice.