SECONDS()

SECONDS()

Class

Date And Time Data

Purpose

Function to extract seconds from a time string

Syntax

SECONDS([<time-string>])

See Also

AMPM(), CTOT(), DATE(), DATETIME(), ELAPTIME(), HOUR(), HOURS(), MINUTE(), MINUTES(), SEC(), SECS(), TIME(), TIMESTAMP(), TSTRING(), TTOC(), TTOD(), VALIDTIME(), SET CLIPPER, SET CLOCK, SET CLOCKRATE, SET SECONDS, SET VAXTIME

Description

The SECONDS() function returns the seconds from the current time as a number. The SECONDS() function will also return the seconds from an optionally specified <time-string>. If the command SET CLIPPER is ON, the SECONDS() function operates in the same way as the SECS() function.

Example

? seconds("10:33:21")
        21

Products

Recital Database Server, Recital Mirage Server, Recital Terminal Developer