Converting Time Slots and Periods to Strings
Converting time slots to strings
The following functions enable conversion between calendar slots and free format strings using the conversion specifiers discussed in the previous section. Their syntax is
TimeSlotToString(format-string, calendar, time-slot)StringToTimeSlot(format-string, calendar, moment-string).
The result of the function TimeSlotToString is a description of the
specified time-slot according to format-string. The result of
StringToTimeSlot is the time slot in calendar in which the string
moment-string, specified according to format-string, is contained.
Converting timetable periods to strings
With the function PeriodToString you can obtain a description of a
period in a timetable that consists of multiple calendar slots.
PeriodToString(format-string, timetable, period)
The result of the function is a description of the time span covered by a period in a horizon according to the specified timetable and format-string. The format-string argument can use period-specific conversion specifiers to generate a description referring to both the beginning and end of the period.
Obtaining the current time
The functions CurrentToString and CurrentToTimeSlot can be used
to obtain the current time. Their syntax is
CurrentToString(format-string)CurrentToTimeSlot(calendar)
The function CurrentToString will return the current time according
to the specified format string. If you do not use the %TZ specifier
in the format string of the CurrentToString function, AIMMS assumes
daylight saving time by default. You can change this default behavior by
setting the global option current_time_in_LocalDST to 0. The
function CurrentToTimeSlot returns the time slot in calendar
containing the current moment.