bcd-date v2.1.3

bcd-date

Node.js package to decode BCD datetime buffers used by Siemens and Rockwell PLCs into a normal javascript date objects.

The format of the BCD date is as follows

example

var bcdDate = require('bcd-date');

var buffer = new Buffer('1012231130301235', 'hex');

var date   = bcdDate.decode(buffer);
var buffer = bcdDate.encode(date);

// date   == date at 2010-12-23 11:30:30.123
// buffer == buffer of 1012231130301235

// decode as UTC
var date = bcdDate.decode(buffer, true);

// encode as UTC
var date = bcdDate.encode(buffer, true);