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PhillipBrooks · ‎07-06-2010

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Testing date / time values (Specifically from .NET)

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Jean-Louis · ‎08-04-2011

This DateTime type should be equivalent to LabVIEW Timestamp.

Until now, LabVIEW Timestamp is considered as a string in TestStand which includes date and time formatting, depending on regional options.

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PhillipBrooks · ‎05-09-2012

How I feel about working with date time stamps between LV and TS http://forums.ni.com/t5/BreakPoint/There-s-One-In-Every-Crowd/m-p/1698598#M16552

Now is the right time to use %^<%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%3uZ>T
If you don't hate time zones, you're not a real programmer.
"You are what you don't automate"Inplaceness is synonymous with insidiousness

LVB · ‎09-17-2012

It would be nice to have a universal Timestamp type in TestStand. This is definitely something that is over-complicated.

Since LabVIEW and TestStand are both NI products, my vote would be to have TestStand use the same format as LabVIEW. Determining the time between a LabVIEW timestamp and TestStand step start time should be as easy as subtracting two variables.

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Add a native DateTime data type to the TestStand Engine