Clock plugin

This plugin provides the Date and Time

This plugin is not loaded by default, so to use it you will first need to add it to your VCPs YAML config file.

YAML configuration:

data_plugins:
  clock:
    provider: qtpyvcp.plugins.clock:Clock

Available datachannels

time

Returns the current date as a formatted string. Default format is %I:%M:%S %p which gives a 12-hour clock in HH:MM:SS AM format.

See http://strftime.org for supported formats.

syntax clock:time returns str

The default formatting can be overridden as follows:

syntax clock:time?string&format=%S returns str

date

Returns the current date as a formatted string. Default format is %m/%d/%Y which gives MM/DD/YYYY

See http://strftime.org for supported formats.

syntax clock:date returns str

The default formatting can be overridden as follows:

syntax clock:date?string&format=%S returns str