TIMEOFDAY()

Purpose

Function to return the current system time in a specified format

Syntax

TIMEOFDAY([<expN>])

See Also

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

Description

The TIMEOFDAY() function returns the current system time as a character string in the following formats.

<expN>	Description
	Same as TIME() hh:mm:ss
1	MM-DD-YYYY hh:mm:ss:xxx (24hr)
2	hh:mm:ss:xxx (24hr)
3	Seconds since midnight
4	Seconds since TIMEOFDAY() last called
5	YYYYMMDDhh:mm:ss

Example

// hh:mm:ss
> ? timeofday()
14:43:26
//MM-DD-YYYY hh:mm:ss:xxx (24hr)
> ? timeofday(1)
11-06-2009 14:44:33.036
// hh:mm:ss:xxx (24hr)
> ? timeofday(2)
14:44:41.012
//seconds since midnight
> ? timeofday(3)
53088.540
//seconds since TIMEOFDAY() last called
> ? timeofday(4)
5.248
//YYYYMMDDhh:mm:ss
> ? timeofday(5)
2009110614:44:58

Products

Recital, Recital Server