Robo-FTP User's Guide > Script Programming > Script Commands > All Script Commands > IFTIME

Form 1

Syntax:	IFTIMExx	[ time1 ] [ time2 ] GOTO [ label ]
Forms:	IFTIME=	[ time1 ] [ time2 ] GOTO [ label ]
	IFTIME<	[ time1 ] [ time2 ] GOTO [ label ]
	IFTIME>	[ time1 ] [ time2 ] GOTO [ label ]
	IFTIME<=	[ time1 ] [ time2 ] GOTO [ label ]
	IFTIME>=	[ time1 ] [ time2 ] GOTO [ label ]
	IFTIME!=	[ time1 ] [ time2 ] GOTO [ label ]
Arguments:	[ time1 ]	Variable or string defining a time in the format of hh.mm.ss or hh.mm.
	[ time2 ]	Variable or string defining a time in the format of hh.mm.ss or hh.mm.
	[ label ]	A valid label within the current script file which is branched to if the time condition is satisfied.
Options:	none

Form 2

Syntax:	IFTIMExx	[ time ] GOTO [ label ]
Forms:	IFTIME=	[ time ] GOTO [ label ]
	IFTIME<	[ time ] GOTO [ label ]
	IFTIME>	[ time ] GOTO [ label ]
	IFTIME<=	[ time ] GOTO [ label ]
	IFTIME>=	[ time ] GOTO [ label ]
	IFTIME!=	[ time ] GOTO [ label ]
Arguments:	[ time ]	Variable or string defining a time in the format of hh.mm.ss or hh.mm to compare against the time stamp of the file obtained with the most recently executed GETNEXTFILE, GETFILE, GETSITEFILE, or FTPGETFILE script command.
	[ label ]	A valid label within the current script file which is branched to if the time condition is satisfied.
Options:	none

Form1 of this command is used to compare two specified time strings in format of hh.mm.ss

or hh.mm.

Form 2 of this command is used in conjunction with the most recently executed GETNEXTFILE, GETFILE, GETSITEFILE, or FTPGETFILE command to compare the time of the file with a specified time string.

The time must be expressed in military time (hours 00 through 23), and leading zeroes are required. When times are compared, seconds are always ignored. The following are examples of valid time strings.

01.30.00

1:30AM

17.30

5:30PM

12.15

12:15PM

Example of Form 1

The following conditional branch is taken if the current time is later than 11AM.

IFTIME> %time "11.00.00" GOTO later time

Example of Form 2

The following conditional branch is taken if a local file just obtained with the GETNEXTFILE command has a time stamp is older than 5:30PM.

GETNEXTFILE "*.txt"

IFTIME< "17.30" GOTO old file

Syntactically, no space is permitted to the left of the ‘!’, '=', '<' or '>' symbols, and a space is required to the right of these symbols.