Time (Property)

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Time (Property)

In french: PartieHeure

Available only with these kinds of connection

..Time is used to:

Retrieve the time from a DateTime variable.
Modify the time in a DateTime variable.
Retrieve the time from in a Date item (in "Date and Time" format).
Not available.
Modify the time in a Date item ("Date and Time" format).
Not available.

Reminder: The Date items are used to manage:

the simple dates "Year - Month - Day" (YYYYMMDD format)
the dates and times "Year - Month - Day - Hours - Minutes - Seconds - Milliseconds" (YYYYMMDDHHMMSSLLL format)
the durations "Number of days - Number of hours - Number of minutes - Number of seconds - Number of milliseconds" (+DHHMMSSLLL format)

Versions 16 and later

This property is now available for the Windows Phone applications.

New in version 16

This property is now available for the Windows Phone applications.

Versions 17 and later

This property is now available for the iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 17

This property is now available for the iPhone/iPad applications.

Versions 18 and later

This property is now available in Windows Store Apps mode.

New in version 18

This property is now available in Windows Store Apps mode.

Versions 20 and later

This property is now available in browser code for the DateTime variables.

New in version 20

This property is now available in browser code for the DateTime variables.

Versions 21 and later

This property is now available in Apple Watch mode.

This property is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

New in version 21

This property is now available in Apple Watch mode.

This property is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

This property is now available in Apple Watch mode.

This property is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

Example

// Operations performed on a DateTime variable
StartDate is DateTime = "200112121515"
EndTime is Time = "1530"
// Change the time
StartDate..Time = "153050"// Modify the Time part
StartDate..Time = EndTime

// Operations performed on a DateTime item
Work.StartDate = "200112121515"
Work.EndTime = "1530"
// Change the time
Work.StartDate..Time = "153050"// Modify the Time part
Work.StartDate..Time = Work.EndTime

Syntax

Finding out the time in a DateTime variable Hide the details

<Result> = <DateTime variable>..Time

<Result>: Character string or time

Time extracted from the DateTime variable.

<DateTime variable>: DateTime

Name of DateTime variable to use.

Modifying the time in a DateTime variable Hide the details

<DateTime variable>: DateTime

Name of DateTime variable to use.

<New Time>: Character string or time or integer

New time that replaces the time of the variable used.
The time format can be:
Integer: number of hundredths of a second passed since midnight "00:00:00:00"
HHMM
HHMMSS
HHMMSSCC
HHMMSSLLL
(HH: hours, MM: minutes, SS: seconds, CC: hundredths of a second, LLL: thousandths of a second).

Not available in browser code

Finding out the time in a Date item (in "Date and Time" format) Hide the details

<Result> = <File Name>.<Item Name>..Time

<Result>: Character string or time

Time extracted from the DateTime variable.

<File Name>: Character string (with or without quotes)

Name of data file used. This name was defined in the data model editor or by the File Description type.

<Item Name>: Character string (with or without quotes)

Name of item used. This name was defined in the data model editor or by the Item Description type.

Not available in browser code

Modifying the time in a Date item (in "Date and Time" format) Hide the details

<File Name>: Character string (with or without quotes)

Name of data file used. This name was defined in the data model editor or by the File Description type.

<Item Name>: Character string (with or without quotes)

Name of item used. This name was defined in the data model editor or by the Item Description type.

<New Time>: Character string or time or integer

New time that replaces the time of the item used. The time format can be:
Integer: number of hundredths of a second passed since midnight "00:00:00:00"
HHMM
HHMMSS
HHMMSSCC
HHMMSSLLL
(HH: hours, MM: minutes, SS: seconds, CC: hundredths of a second, LLL: thousandths of a second).

Remarks

Range of dates

The "Date" items (in "Date and Time" format) are used to manage the dates found between 01/01/0001 at 00:00 and 12/31/9999 at 23:59.

Related Examples:

Unit examples (WINDEV): Calculations on durations

[ + ] Calculations on dates and times with the WLanguage functions:
- Calculate the duration between two moments (dates and times)
- Calculate a sum of durations
- Calculate an average of durations