Formating time, How to get proper result

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arjfca
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Formating time, How to get proper result

Postby arjfca » 06 Mar 2012

Hello

I need to format a variable time value like ("HH:MM:SS")

The variable contain result of a calculation and is value are in an Eltime format like (HHMMSS)

Problem is the variable does not show the leading 0

EX: Temptime = 155 //= hh:mm:ss = 00:01:55

Problem is the code recognize 155 as 01:55:00

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String4 = formatTime("hh:mm:ss",eltimetodatetime(TempTime));
Any idea how I could get the proper value

Martin

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Re: Formating time, How to get proper result

Postby bowlesj3 » 06 Mar 2012

Hi arjfca.

I am not totally sure I understand your question but maybe these will help.
Upon reading your question again I noticed you do not have the _s at the end of your command ELTimeToDateTime. Maybe adding the _s will fix it. All my examples have it as ELTimeToDateTime_s rather than ELTimeToDateTime.

according to the help you need the HH as in this "HH:mm:ss"


I did a search throughout my code and found these statements which I extracted.
Based upon the if statement, it appears you should get the 00 format for hours minutes and seconds.

strDate = FormatDate("yyyy/MMM/dd",ComputerDateTime);
strTime = FormatTime("HH:mm:ss",ComputerDateTime);

strTime = FormatTime("HH:mm",ComputerDateTime);

if formattime("HH",ELTimeToDateTime_s(Time_s)) > "00"
and formattime("mm",ELTimeToDateTime_s(Time_s)) = "00"
and formattime("ss",ELTimeToDateTime_s(Time_s)) = "00" then

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Re: Formating time, How to get proper result

Postby arjfca » 06 Mar 2012

Thanks John, I will recheck my code
Have a good evening

Martin


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