Measure time between two cursors

[Alexb91]

Hi,

I'd like to measure the time between two cursors on my graph.

I've managed to get the seconds to be accurate, but there is an extra hour added, and the date is set to 01/01/1904.

How can I correct this?

[GerdW]

Hi Alex,

why do you think it's a good idea to convert a time difference to an absolute timestamp???

Just display the time difference in a numeric indicator…

[Alexb91]

But the numeric indicator doesn't return a time but a numeric value.

[GerdW · Accepted solution]

Hi Alex,

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@Alexb91 wrote:

But the numeric indicator doesn't return a time but a numeric value.

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A "time difference" is a number: it's the (fractional) number of seconds between two timestamps.

Did you know you can change the display format for numeric indicators? (Basic LabVIEW knowledge…)

They even allow to show time values in their format properties dialog. As you don't want to show an absolute timestamp I recommend to try the relative time format!

Example:

[Alexb91]

It worked.

Thanks!