TIME()

Advantage Concepts

Advantage Expression Engine function that returns the system time

Syntax

TIME()à cTimeString

Return Values

TIME() returns the system time as a character string in the form hh:mm:ss. hh is hours in 24-hour format, mm is minutes, and ss is seconds.

Remarks

TIME() is a time function that displays the system time on the screen or prints it on a report. TIME() is related to SECONDS() which returns the integer value representing the number of seconds since midnight.

Note Advantage Expression Engine functions can be used in expressions such as record filter expressions and index expressions. They are not necessarily scalars supported within SQL statements. For a list of supported SQL scalar functions, see Supported Scalar Functions.

See Also

SUBSTR()

NOW()