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time
Format: time( style, sernum )
Arguments: (int) style Optional style specifier;
default = 0
(time) sernum Optional date and time serial number;
default = now
Returns: (text) Time implied by sernum in the
specified format
Description: Time translates a date and time serial
number into a text description of the implied time. If sernum
is not supplied, the current date and time is assumed. The style
specifier can be a value between 0 and 3 having the following
meaning.
Style Description Example
0 h:mm:ss tt 9:27:22 PM
1 hh:mm:ss tt 09:27:22 PM
2 H:mm:ss 21:27:22
3 HH:mm:ss 21:27:22
The serial number used by all date and time primitives is the
number of seconds that have elapsed between an arbitrary base
date and the specified date and time. Dates before the year 1584
are not valid.
The serial numbers returned by the datenum and now primitives
include the time unit of measure. Use formulas including the
units years, months, days, hours, minutes,
and sec to modify date serial numbers.
Examples: time = current
time
time(0,now+3hours) = time 3
hours from now
See Also: datenum,
now, date, year, month, day, hour,
minute, second, weekday
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