Add seconds to a timestamp in a string.

[Lchar]

Hello all,

I would like to add seconds to a timestamp in a string.

For example,

"2022/10/21 09:55:03.734" +2.5s = "2022/10/21 09:55:06.234"

"2022/10/21 09:55:03.734" +305.6s = "2022/10/21 10:00:09.334"

In C# programming, it would be super easy since I could parse the string as a DateTime object and then use the "addseconds" function. 

Are there any functions (I didn't find any) which could help to make it easy in TestStand?

Or have I no other possibilities than coding this logic myself? Which is of course possible but a bit messy.

Best regards,

Ludovic

[anasei]

Dear Lchar,

There is no such function in testand, however you can convert your time to number add the seconds and then convert back. Here's a forum post for converting time to number https://forums.ni.com/t5/NI-TestStand/Calculate-with-timestamps-in-string-format/td-p/231843.

best,

anasei.

[bienieck]

You can use C# as well. DateTime object methods are at your fingertips.