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Revision as of 10:29, 2 June 2009

Class

Date and Time Data


Purpose

Function to return time difference between two time strings


Syntax

ELAPTIME(<timestring1>,<timestring2>)


See Also

AMPM(), DAYS(), HOURS(), MINUTES(), SECONDS(), SECS(), SET CLOCK, SET CLOCKRATE, TIME(), TSTRING(), VALIDTIME()


Description

The ELAPTIME() function returns a time string in the form "HH:MM:SS" which is the difference between <timestring2> and <timestring1>. This function can be very useful when used in the Application Data Dictionary to define a total work time field.


Example

? elaptime("10:10:10","11:11:11")
01:01:01


Products

Recital Database Server, Recital Mirage Server, Recital Terminal Developer