Part count per shift

Good afternoon,

I am trying to get a production count for each shift. I have a stand alone R30iB with the PMC option.
I could use 3 different registers (1 for each shift) that would reset with a timer in the PMC. But then, I would have to start the timer exactly at the begining of a shift to get everything timed correctly. So I was wondering if there is a way to use the internal clock of the robot, in the PMC or elsewhere? So I could automatically reset my part count registers for each shift.
(Or there is a completely different way to do this, I am open to ideas/advices)

Thank you.

Gilles

Thank you for your answer, sorry for taking so long to reply.
After reading your message, I tried to access that variable but was unable to do so. So I started looking for another solution. In case some people have the same problem in the future, this is what I did:

I actually have a HMI with GE Proficy View connected to the robot. I used the Proficy System Variable #CurrentTime in a script to set 6 registers on the robot (Year, month, day, hour, minutes, sec). It copies the time on the HMI to register and updates it every 200ms. This is what the (simple) script looks like:

R_41 := #CurrentTime.YR
R_42 := #CurrentTime.MO
R_43 := #CurrentTime.DAY
R_44 := #CurrentTime.HR
R_45 := #CurrentTime.MIN
R_46 := #CurrentTime.SEC

And then I created some background logic in the robot to reset the Shift counter and record the part count for the past 7 days as well. This si what the background logic code looks like.

2: IF (R[44:Hour]=23 AND R[45:Minute]=30 AND R[46:Second]=0),DO[170:SHIFT 1 RESET]=PULSE ;
3: ;
4: IF (DO[170:SHIFT 1 RESET]=ON) THEN ;
6: R[79]=R[78] ;
6: R[78]=R[77] ;
6: R[77]=R[76] ;
6: R[76]=R[75] ;
6: R[75]=R[74] ;
6: R[74]=R[73] ;
6: R[73]=R[72] ;
6: R[72]=R[71] ;
7: R[71]=0 ;
8: ENDIF ;
3: ;
3: ;
2: IF (R[44:Hour]=7 AND R[45:Minute]=30 AND R[46:Second]=0),DO[171]=PULSE ;
3: ;
4: IF (DO[171]=ON) THEN ;
6: R[89]=R[88] ;
6: R[88]=R[87] ;
6: R[87]=R[86] ;
6: R[86]=R[85] ;
6: R[85]=R[84] ;
6: R[84]=R[83] ;
6: R[83]=R[82] ;
6: R[82]=R[81] ;
7: R[81]=0 ;
8: ENDIF ;
3: ;
3: ;
2: IF (R[44:Hour]=15 AND R[45:Minute]=30 AND R[46:Second]=0),DO[172]=PULSE ;
3: ;
4: IF (DO[172]=ON) THEN ;
6: R[99]=R[98] ;
6: R[98]=R[97] ;
6: R[97]=R[96] ;
6: R[96]=R[95] ;
6: R[95]=R[94] ;
6: R[94]=R[93] ;
6: R[93]=R[92] ;
6: R[92]=R[91] ;
7: R[91]=0 ;
8: ENDIF ;

I am sure there are easier/better ways to do this, but it worked for me.
Thanks for your help anyways. Hopefully this can be useful to someone later on.