# Real time clock from UR controller

**URL:** <https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/real-time-clock-from-ur-controller/3679>\
**Category:** Technical Questions\
**Tags:** timing\
**Created:** [February 19, 2019, 2:54am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/real-time-clock-from-ur-controller/3679 "2019-02-19T02:54:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 19, 2019, 10:28am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/real-time-clock-from-ur-controller/3679/2 "2019-02-19T10:28:50Z")

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> [@URCap Sample: Get Controller Time in URScript](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/sample-get-controller-time-in-urscript/1256):
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> Get Controller Time in URScript Description of functionality: This URCap is in functionality very similar to the [XML-RPC Math sample](http://forum.universal-robots.com/t/sample-xml-rpc-math-urcap/1193/4). However instead of contributing an XML-RPC daemon to expand math functionality, this URCap enables the user through URScript to access the controller time (respectively as year, month, date, hour, etc.) via an XML-RPC call to a Python daemon. Script functions to read these values over URScript are added to the Functions list in the Expression Editor. What topi…

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