TIME - Format a time (Reports & Settings Report Generator function)

Syntax

$TIME{time, unit}

Description

Format a full time string.

Use the $SUBSTR function to extract time elements.

$SUBSTR{$TIME{},4,8} will give you hh:mm:ss. $SUBSTR{$TIME{},4,5} will give you hh:mm.

Parameters

time

A numeric parameter that can be omitted.

The time in numeric format. If omitted, the current machine time is used.

unit

A text parameter that can be omitted (it defaults to "S").

Is the given time in Minutes or Seconds?

M

Minutes

S

Seconds

Returns

A text value. The formatted time text in the following format: dd:hh:mm:ss, where:

dd

Days.

hh

Hours.

mm

Minutes.

ss

Seconds.

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Keywords AND Misspellings

time, hours, minutes, seconds