Show current time on front panel?

I would like to have the the current time and date displayed on the front panel. I have placed a timestamp indicator, but haven't figured out how to reset the timestamp each loop cycle. Any advice?
I'm using LV7.
Thanks!
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all you have to do if you want to show the user the time is put the getdatetime.vi in a while loop by itself in parallel with any other loops you may have. and if you have other while loops already just use a local variable of one of the other while loops for the stop condition.
see attached vi for example of this
Joe.
"NOTHING IS EVER EASY"
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time_stamp.vi ‏18 KB

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