Import times with PBCL_FileCsvRead_1?

PLCnext Engineer
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Hello, I try to import times with Engineer’s PBCL_FileCsvRead_1 function from csv file, but it does not work. It seems that times are not supported as they result in t#0s entries in variables. Other data types work correctly. Where get I information about supported data types? Work around would be to use udint in milliseconds and change with to_time everywhere needed - is this the way to go? PBCL_FileCsvRead_11(uiOffset := UINT#1,

strFileName := STRING#‘IEC101_Connection_parameter1.csv’,
strDataTypes := STRING#‘STRING; (…) ;TIME;TIME;BOOL;TIME; (…) ,
strDelimiter := STRING#’;',
anyTable := arrParameterIEC101connect, following times were without strings before, none of it is working: tPollTime | tSendTestFrame | xControlE5Allowed | tTimeoutConnection

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100 | 10 | 1 | t#10s
0 | 0 | 0 | t#10s
0 | 0 | 0 | t#10s

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Hello zeb_btr,

Time values in the CSV file must have the format “HH:MM:SS.zzz”, where H=hour, M=Minute, S=Second, z=Millisecond. The IEC61131 format is currently not supported.
Another option could be to store a unix timestamp (UDINT) and use the function “PBCL_DateTimeFromUnix_1” to convert it into the PLCnext LDATE_AND_TIME data type.

Best regards
Lukas