11.7
What is the "best" way of getting Hours and Minutes from TIME function?
I understand that I can do a string(time,'hh:mm') and then do a entry(1..... but is there another way i.e. .System...?
INTERVAL (DATETIME (MONTH(TODAY), DAY (TODAY), YEAR (TODAY), 0, 0, 0), NOW, 'hours')
INTERVAL (DATETIME (MONTH(TODAY), DAY (TODAY), YEAR (TODAY), 0, 0, 0), NOW, 'minutes')
The interval parameters maybe date, datetime or datetime-tz therefore you can do:
define variable Minutes as integer no-undo.
Minutes = interval(now,today,"minutes").
Makes it more readable then the first interval suggestion.
have you looked at INTERVAL?
INTERVAL (DATETIME (MONTH(TODAY), DAY (TODAY), YEAR (TODAY), 0, 0, 0), NOW, 'hours')
INTERVAL (DATETIME (MONTH(TODAY), DAY (TODAY), YEAR (TODAY), 0, 0, 0), NOW, 'minutes')
I think this would work
DEFINE VARIABLE theTimeHours AS INTEGER NO-UNDO.
DEFINE VARIABLE theTimeMinutes AS INTEGER NO-UNDO.
theTimeHours = TRUNCATE(TIME / 3600,0). /* To get the current hour e.g 12pm */
theTimeMinutes = (TIME / 60) MODULO 60. /* To get the remainder of minutes after the hour */
DISPLAY SUBSTITUTE("&1:&2",theTimeHours,theTimeMinutes).
Why INTERVAL is the "best" way? It needs at least two system calls (the ones behind TODAY and NOW).
And INTERVAL is a bit (negligibly though) slower than ASSIGN vHours = TIME vHours = TRUNCATE(vHours / 3600, 0).
And (most importantly) INTERVAL is a less readable solution.
The interval solution looks so twisted to my human eyes that it would need to hide behind a function facade - in which case the function might as well be doing old school modulo 60 tricks as George started:
def var itime as int.
itime = time.
message
string( itime, "hh:mm:ss" ) skip (1)
"h~t" truncate( itime / 3600, 0 ) modulo 60 skip
"m~t" truncate( itime / 60, 0 ) modulo 60 skip
"s~t" itime modulo 60
view-as alert-box.
Thanks, white waiting I did the string hh:mm:ss entry way.... works, but I liked the interval way best, closer to System.datetime way :-) Thanks
The interval parameters maybe date, datetime or datetime-tz therefore you can do:
define variable Minutes as integer no-undo.
Minutes = interval(now,today,"minutes").
Makes it more readable then the first interval suggestion.