Extract Full Information From Get Date/Time in Seconds in LabVIEW

Updated Oct 24, 2023

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Software

  • LabVIEW

Issue Details

I'm looking for a way to extract all the information from the Get Data/Time In Seconds function. I tried to use the function To Double Precision Float, but it returns the most significant 64 bits. Is there a way to obtain the least significant 64 bits? 

Solution

If there is a need for the least significant bits of the timestamp function Get Date/Time In Seconds​​, you can use the Flatten to String function instead of using the To Double Precision Float function to obtain the full 128 bits of the timestamp information. 

Here is an example:
TimeStamp 128bit  vs 64bit

After using the Flatten to String function, you should be able to get the full information of the function in hexadecimal representation.

Additional Information

This is not possible with the To Double function, because its size is 64 bit.