timestampOf

New in 8.1.10

This function is used by Ignition's Expression language.

Description

Returns the timestamp of a qualified value.

Syntax

timestampOf(value)

Parameters

Type	Parameter	Description
Object	value	The value for which you want to find the timestamp.

Results

Date - Returns the timestamp of the value's last update.

Examples

Code Snippet

timestampOf({[default]Sensor 1/Reading}) //Returns the timestamp of the tag's last value update

Code Snippet

timestampOf(tag("[default]Sensor 1/Reading")) //Returns the timestamp of the tag's value at the time the expression was evaluated on the Gateway

Code Snippet

// Using tag() with a string tagPath
timestampOf(tag("[default]Sensor 1/Reading")) //Example return: 2025-01-23 08:30:00 (evaluated at the Gateway)

// Using a bound value
timestampOf({[default]Sensor 1/Reading}) //Example return: 2025-01-23 08:30:02 (timestamp from the OPC source)

Code Snippet

{[default]Sensor 1/Reading.timestamp} //Directly accesses the tag's timestamp property, returning the timestamp from the OPC source