$Time

Function

Returns the current time of day in the format specified.

Syntax

$TIME(time-format,'first-delimiter', 'second-delimiter')

Where

Argument	Value	Specifies	Default value
time-format	1	Returns the time of day as hhdmmdss (d=delimiter)	1
	2	Returns the time of day as hhdmmdssdttt (d=delimiter)
first-delimiter	1 character only	Character to place between time units HH, MM, and SS	: (colon)
second-delimiter	1 character only, second-delimiter	Character to place between time units SS and TTT	. (period)

The second-delimiter applies only if time-format is 2. You must enclose the delimiters with single quotation marks.

You can suppress either the first-delimiter or second-delimiter character by using a single quoted null string.

Examples

$TIME(argument)	Returns...
$TIME	HH:MM:SS
$TIME(1)	HH:MM:SS
$TIME(1,'-')	HH-MM-SS
$TIME(1,' ')	HH MM SS
$TIME(1,)	HHMMSS
$TIME(2)	HH:MM:SS.TTT
$TIME(2,'-')	HH-MM-SS.TTT
$TIME(2,,)	HHMMSSTTT