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EPL Commands

TD

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TD

Date Recall & Format Layout

Description Use this command to define the date format and print date data. The TD variable is inserted within a Text or Bar Code command's DATA parameter to print the date. The TD variable supports offsetting day by up to 253 days (see examples below for usage).

This command only works in printers equipped with the Real Time Clock time and date option.

Power-Up Default Format - mn-dd-y4

Syntax TDp1[p2p3]

Parameters This table identifies the parameters for this format:

Parameters	Details
p1 =	The parameters describe the format of the date display. At
	lease one parameter must be supplied. Each parameter can be
p2 =
	any of the acceptable values listed below.
p3 =
	Value	Description
	y2	Year displayed as 2 digits (07)
	y4	Year displayed as 4 digits (2007)
	me	Month displayed as 3 letters (JAN)
	mn	Month displayed as 2 digits (01)
	dd	Day displayed as 2 digits (15)
= Separator character.	Accepted Values: Any ASCII character value between 032
	and 063. The separator character is printed between the
	results of each of the supplied parameters.

Example • In this example, the current date is January 15, 2000.

TDy2/me/dd↵: 00/JAN/15

TDdd-me-y4↵: 15-JAN-2000

TDdd,mn,y4↵: 15,01,2000

TDdd/mn/y2↵: 15/09/00

A100,100,0,4,1,2,N,"Today is"TD↵: Today is 15/09/00

A100,200,0,4,1,2,N,"Next Week-"TD+07↵: Next Week-22/09/00

A100,300,0,4,1,2,N,"Next Month-"TD+30↵: Next Month-15/10/00

A100,400,0,4,1,2,N,"Two Months-"TD+61↵: Two Months-15/11/00

12/16/13 EPL Programming Guide 14245L-003 Rev. A