SECONDS()
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Purpose
Function to extract seconds from a time string
Syntax
SECONDS([<time-string>])
See Also
AMPM(), CDOW(), CMONTH(), CTOD(), CTOT(), DATE(), DATETIME(), DAY(), DAYS(), DMY(), DOW(), DTOA(), DTOC(), DTOM(), DTOS(), DTOT(), DTOV(), ELAPTIME(), EMPTY(), EPOCH(), GOMONTH(), HOUR(), HOURS(), ISLEAPYEAR(), LEAPYEARS(), LTOS(), MDY(), MINUTE(), MINUTES(), MONTH(), MTOD(), MTOS(), QUARTER(), SEC(), SECS(), SET CENTURY, SET DATE, SET EPOCH, SET HOURS, SET MARK, SET SECONDS, STOD(), STOT(), STR(), STRFTIME(), TIME(), TIMEOFDAY(), TIMESTAMP(), TSTRING(), TTOC(), TTOD(), TYPE(), VAL(), VALIDTIME(), VTOD(), WEEK(), YEAR()
Description
The SECONDS() function returns the seconds elapsed since midnight from the current system time as a number. The SECONDS() function will also return the elapsed seconds since midnight from an optionally specified <time-string>.
From Lianja v2.0 milliseconds are included for the returned current system time.
Example
? seconds("10:13:21") 38601 // From Lianja v2.0 ? seconds() 36834.470