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Displays a time stamp value or a numeric value as time in the format you specify using time format codes. Time format codes include the following: %a (abbreviated weekday name), %b (abbreviated month name), %c (locale-specific date/time), %d (day of month), %H (hour, 24-hour clock), %I (hour, 12-hour clock), %m (month number), %M (minute), %p (a.m./p.m. flag), %S (second), %x (locale-specific date), %X (locale-specific time), %y (year within century), %Y (year including century), and %<digit>u (fractional seconds with <digit> precision).

Details  

	time format string specifies the format of the output string. Time format codes (beginning with %) not recognized by the function as a format code return the character literally. The default code is %c, which corresponds to the date/time representation appropriate for the configured time zone for the computer. If time format string is an empty string, the function uses the default.
	time stamp can be a time stamp or a numeric. If numeric, this number is the time-zone-independent number of seconds that have elapsed since 12:00 a.m., Friday, January 1, 1904, Universal Time. The default is the current date and time. If year is before 1904, time stamp is negative.
	UTC format specifies if the output string is in Universal Time or in the configured time zone for the computer. If TRUE, date/time string is in Universal Time. The default is FALSE.
	date/time string is the formatted date/time string.

Format Date/Time String Details

Note  LabVIEW returns abbreviated weekday and month names as numeric values for systems that do not support abbreviated names, such as Chinese and Korean.

This function calculates date/time string by copying time format string and replacing each of the time format codes with the corresponding values.

Time format codes have leading zeros as necessary to ensure a constant field width. An optional # modifier before the format code letter removes the leading zeros from the following format codes:

%#d, %#H, %#I, %#j, %#m, %#M, %#s, %#S, %#U, %#w, %#W, %#X, %#y, %#Y

The # modifier does not modify the behavior of any other format codes.

Note  The %c, %x, %X, %z, and %Z format codes depend on operating system locale support. The output of these codes is platform dependent. Interpretation of the Daylight Saving Time rule also can vary by platform.

The function interprets time stamp and numeric values as the time-zone-independent number of seconds that have elapsed since 12:00 a.m., Friday, January 1, 1904, Universal Time.