# Set up global connections - Date and Time tab

## To set up global Date and Time connections

1. In the Explorer window, double-click the Global Connections icon to open the editor.
2. In the Global Connections editor, click the Date and Time tab.
3. In the Date and time output interval (seconds) box, type the frequency with which to update date and time values from the terminal to the data source.
4. If a maximum update rate has not been selected, in the Maximum update rate (seconds) box, select the maximum rate at which the data source will supply data to the global connections.
5. You can assign any of the following date and time connections, or leave them unassigned. Assign a tag to the local connections. Assign a tag or an expression to the remote connections. The values of all of the assigned local connections are updated at the date and time output interval specified in step 3.
   - Year
   - Day of Week
   - Month
   - Day of Month
   - Hour
   - Minute
   - Second
   - Remote Date and Time
   - Remote Year
   - Remote Month
   - Remote Day of Month
   - Remote Hour
   - Remote Minute
   - Remote Second

     Tip: | To unassign a control, select the control in the Tag or Expression column and do one of the following: Press Backspace on your keyboard repeatedly to remove the assignment one character at a time. Double-click twice to highlight the text, and then press Delete or Backspace to remove the entire assignment at once.

## Options

- Date and time output interval (seconds)

  Type the frequency with which to update date and time values from the terminal to the data source.

- Maximum update rate

  From the drop-down list, select the rate at which to update tag values from the data source.

- Columns
  - Connection

    This column shows the name of the connection.

  - Tag or expression

    Type the tag name or expression associated with the connection.

  - Tag button (...)

    Click this button to open the Tag Browser and choose a tag instead of typing the tag name in the Tag or Expression column

  - Exprn button (...)

    Click this button to open the Expression editor and create an expression instead of typing the expression in the Tag or Expression column.

## See also

About global connections

Set up global connections - Display tab

Global connections - Macro tab

Global connections - Backlight tab

Global connections - Memory tab

Causes of run-time errors for global connections

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