Difference between revisions of "SECS()"

Revision as of 11:39, 4 February 2013

Purpose

Function to return the number of seconds since midnight

Syntax

SECS([<time-string>])

See Also

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

Description

The SECS() function returns the number of seconds since midnight. The optional <time-string>, in the format HH:MM:SS, may be used to specify a time. If no <time-string> is passed, the SECS() function uses the current time. This function can be used to store time as seconds in a numeric field. The TSTRING() function is used to convert the seconds back to a time-string.

Example

? secs("10:10:10")
     36610
 
// Another Example
use accounts
replace seconds with secs(time())
? seconds
     39306
? tstring(seconds)
10:55:00