SECS()

Purpose

Function to return the number of seconds since midnight

Syntax

SECS([<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(), SECONDS(), 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 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.

From Lianja v2.0 milliseconds are included for the returned current system time.

Example

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