TCA.Between Timestamps

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MiniRobotLanguage (MRL)

TCA.Betweeen - Command

Get Time between 2 Timestamps

Intention

With TCA.Between you can get the exact time between two timestamps in this standard format:

HH:MM:SS.ddd

Hereby the

- HH is Hours (0 to 99 - not limited to 12 or 24)

- MM is the Minutes limited 59

- SS is the Seconds limited 59

- ddd is the Milliseconds limited to 999

The Format of the Milliseconds is internally rounded to 3 places by prefixing zeroes.

If you specify 00:00:23 this will be treated as 00:00:00.023

If you specify 00:00:00.23 this will be treated as 00:00:00.023

The result will be the same if the second parameter P2 is larger (later) than P1 or earlier.

Sample: Between (Get Timestamp between 2 Timestamps)

' Simple Example
$$LAA=00:00:00.000

' Technically the robot works with 12:00:00:002

$$LAB=12:00:00.2

TCA.Bet|$$LAA|$$LAB|$$LAC

' Result is 06:00:00:001

MBX.$$LAC

ENR.

' Difficult Example

$$LAA=23:59:36.740

$$LAB=12:00:00.212

TCA.Bet|$$LAA|$$LAB|$$LAC

' Result is 17:59:58:476

MBX.$$LAC

ENR.

' Simpler Example

$$LAA=10:00:00.000

$$LAB=20:20:10.500

TCA.Bet|$$LAA|$$LAB|$$LAC

' Result is 15:10:05:250

MBX.$$LAC

ENR.

Syntax

TCA.Bet|P1|P2[|P3]

TCA.Between|P1|P2[|P3]

Parameter Explanation

P1 - Timestamp A

P2 - Timestamp B

P3 - Variable for Result Timestamp. If omitted the result is placed on TOS.

Example

'**********************************************

' TCA. - Sample

'**********************************************

$$LAA=03:11:11.111

$$LAB=05:55:55.555

$$ERG=04:33:33.333

$$MSG=Teste TCA.Between

TCA.Bet|$$LAA|$$LAB|$$LAC

NAT.@$$LAC|$$ERG

MBX.Result is wrong.

ELS.

MBX.Result is $$ERG

EIF.

ENR.

'**********************************************

' TCA. / IAT. - Sample

' Timeloop will produce Timestamps with an Interval

'**********************************************

$$TIA=08:09:59.000

$$TIB=08:10:01.000

$$LOP=$$TIA

$$INC=00:00:00.010

$$LOV=0

DOL.

TCA.Add|$$LOP|$$INC|$$LOP

PRT.Looping: $$LOP

IAT.$$LOP|$$TIB

$$LOV=1

EIF.

OOP.$$LOV

MBX.$$LOP

ENR.

Remarks

Limitations: