DTDelay

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Downtime-Specific System Function

The DTDelay function returns the difference between the scheduled non-preemptive downtime and the time it actually occurred. Use DTDelay to determine if downtimes are being postponed because of incompleted work. You can use DTDelay in downtime logic to ensure that a Location comes back up at a specific time.

Syntax

DTDelay(<time unit>)

Examples

Wait Att1 - DTDelay(Min)

Display "The downtime delay was"$DTDelay(day)$"days."

Parameters

(<time units>) 

The unit of time the function returns for the delay. Valid time units include sec, min, hr, day, and wk.

Remarks

DTDelay returns a real number.

DTDelay also returns the difference between the time when a downtime is preempted and the time it resumes.