*TIME

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NIPO ODIN Version 5.17

*TIME

Purpose

Gets current time.

Syntax

*TIME <Qn>

Description

This command is also allowed under condition. Gets the current computer time of the workstation the NIPO ODIN engine is running on (either the NIPO CAPI Client or NIPO CATI Client workstation or the NIPO ODIN Web Server) and writes this in 7 positions in the data field in the format hhmm:ss. If the data field isn't long enough the data will be truncated.

Arguments

Qn
The question reference of the data field where the time is put.

Example

*QUESTION 901 *ALPHA 101L7
*TIME Q901

For example, at 2:15 PM and 30 seconds 1415:30 will be stored in position 101-107. The date is not stored (See the *DATE command).

*QUESTION 902 *ALPHA 201L4
*TIME Q902

For example, at 2:15 PM 1415 will be stored in position 201-204, the seconds are truncated.