$Time
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Returns the current time of day in the format specified.
Syntax
$Time(time-format,'first-delimiter', 'second-delimiter')
Where:
Argument | Value | Specifies | Default value |
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time-format | 1 | Returns the time of day as hhdmmdss (d is the delimiter) |
1 |
2 | Returns the time of day as hhdmmdssdttt (d is the delimiter) |
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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 the first-delimiter or the second-delimiter character by using a single quoted null string. To suppress both delimiters, use two single quoted null strings separated by a comma.
Examples
$Time(argument) | Returns... |
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$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 |