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4D v20.6

Time


Time ( timeValue ) -> Function result

Parameter	Type	Description
timeValue	String, Longint	Value to return as a time
Function result	Time	Time specified by timeValue

Description

The Time command returns a time expression equivalent to the time specified in the timeValue parameter.

The timeValue parameter can contain either:

a string containing a time expressed in one of the 4D standard time formats corresponding to the language of your system (for more information, refer to the description of the String command).
a longint that represents the number of seconds elapsed since 00:00:00.

Note: If the timeValue expression evaluates to undefined, Time returns an empty time (00:00:00). This is useful when you expect the result of an expression (e.g. an object attribute) to be a time, even if it can be undefined.

Example 1

The following example displays an alert box with the message “1:00 P.M. = 13 hours 0 minute”:

ALERT("1:00 P.M. = "+String(Time("13:00:00");Hour Min))

Example 2

You can express any numerical value as a time:

 vTime:=Time(10000)

  //vTime is 02:46:40

 vTime2:=Time((60*60)+(20*60)+5200)

  //vTime2 is 02:46:40