Report current simulation time
Syntax
current_time [‑s] [‑quiet] [‑verbose]Returns
Prints the current simulation time on the console in textual format.
Usage
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
[-s]
|
Short -- suppress the space between numeric part and unit part |
[-quiet]
|
Ignore command errors |
[-verbose]
|
Suspend message limits during command execution |
Categories
Description
Returns the current simulation time to the Tcl Console or Vivado Design Suite Tcl shell.
Arguments
-s - (Optional) Suppress the space between the numeric portion of the time and the unit portion of the time to make it easier to parse.
-quiet - (Optional) Execute the command quietly, returning no messages from the command. The command also returns TCL_OK regardless of any errors encountered during execution.
Note: Any errors encountered on the command-line, while launching the command, will be returned. Only errors occurring inside the command will be trapped.
-verbose - (Optional) Temporarily override any message limits and return all messages from this command.
Note: Message limits can be defined with the
set_msg_config command.Examples
The following example returns the current time of the current simulation:
current_time