[Perspective] Scripting using DateTimeInput.prop

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Using system.tag.readBlocking and turning into string

Let’s start from first principles. When you use system.tag.readBlocking, the return value is a list of QualifiedValue objects. To extract the first element of the list, use subscript 0 to retrieve the first element: qualifiedValue = listOfValues[0]. Now you have a QualifiedValue object. To retrieve the actual value, which can be any type, use getValue(), or, better, .value: actualValue = qualifiedValue.value. The type of value at this point will be whatever the tag’s type is, per @josborn’s p…