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  • Properties that can be used on the times
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The Time type allows you to easily handle the times. This type is used to manage the conversions almost automatically (TimeToString, TimeToInteger, ...)
This type can be used:
  • to retrieve and handle the HFSQL items in Time format.
  • to retrieve and handle the edit controls in Time format.
  • in the WLanguage functions used to manage the times.
  • to perform calculations on the times (difference, addition, ...). For more details, see Operations that can be performed on the Time type.
Remarks:
  • Several properties can be used with the Time type, to retrieve part of the time for example (hour, minute, ...).
  • For more details on the declaration of this type of variable and the use of WLanguage properties, see Declaring a variable.
Example
StartTime is Time = 1205
EndTime is Time = "2030"     // 20:30
CurrentTime is Time = TimeSys()
Syntax

Declaring and initializing a variable Hide the details

<Variable name> is Time = <Value>

OR

<Variable name> is Time
<Variable name> = <Value>
<Variable name>:
Name of the variable to declare.
<Value>:
Value that will be assigned to the variable. The type of this value can be:
  • Time
  • DateTime: only the time will be taken into account.
  • character string, in the following format:
    • HHMM
    • HHMMSS
    • HHMMSSCC
    • HHMMSSCCC
      Only the hours and the minutes will be taken into account.
      (HH: Hour, MM: minutes, SS: seconds, CC: hundredths of a second, CCC: thousandths of a second)
  • integer: the time will correspond to the number of hundredths of a second passed since midnight "00:00:00:00". Midnight corresponds to the integer 0. It cannot exceed 8, 639, 999 (24 hours - 1 hundredth of a second).
Remarks

Declaration and initialization

  • A Time variable can be initialized with a value of the following type:
    • Time
    • DateTime: only the time will be taken into account.
    • character string, in the following format:
      - HHMM
      - HHMMSS
      - HHMMSSCC
      - HHMMSSCCC
      Only the hours and the minutes will be taken into account (HH: Hour, MM: minutes, SS: seconds, CC: hundredths of a second, CCC: thousandths of a second).
    • integer: the time will correspond to the number of hundredths of a second passed since midnight "00:00:00:00". Midnight corresponds to the integer 0. It cannot exceed 8, 639, 999 (24 hours - 1 hundredth of a second).
  • By default, a Time variable is initialized with the system time. To define the default value assigned to the Date, Time and DateTime variables, use DateTimeByDefault.
Remark: You also have the ability to initialize a Time variable with the system time by using Now.

Assigning a Time variable to a Time item

From now on, when a Time variable is assigned to a Time item, the seconds and the hundreds of a second are taken into account according to the format of the item.
For example, if the Time variable corresponds to "HHMMSSCCC":
Item of the data fileUp to version 100050 of WINDEV, WEBDEV, WINDEV MobileFrom version 100050 of WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile
String itemHHMMHHMMSSCCC
Time item in HHMM formatHHMMHHMM
Time item in HHMMSS formatHHMMHHMMSS
Time item in HHMMSSMM formatHHMMHHMMSSMM

Properties that can be used on the times

The following properties can be used on the times:
TimeReturns or modifies the hour (in integer format).
MillisecondReturns or modifies the number of milliseconds (in integer format).
MinuteReturns or modifies the number of minutes (in integer format).
SecondReturns or modifies the number of seconds (in integer format).

For more details, see Operations that can be performed on the Time type.
StartTime is Time = "20011201"
// Adds 5 hours
StartTime.Hour += 5
// Modifies the number of minutes
StartTime.Minute = 5

Limits

The Time type is used to manage the hours found between 00:00 and 23:59. The precision is up to the millisecond.
Minimum version required
  • Version 9
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