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Time Functions
There are some special functions in the Arbortext IsoDraw Macro Language to determine the time:
date ()
Returns the date as string
time (seconds)
Returns the time as string. Use the optional “seconds” parameter to determine if seconds are given. Enter true to include seconds and false to exclude them.
ticks ()
Returns the time in ticks as string. There are 60 ticks per second.
MESSAGE "today is " + date()
MESSAGE "and the time is " + time(true)