TIMEVALUE

• Source: https://www.freebasic.net/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=KeyPgTimeValue
• Last revised: 2016-03-13

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Gets a Date Serial from a time string

Syntax

` declare function TimeValue ( byref timestring as string ) as double

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Usage

#include "vbcompat.bi"
result = TimeValue( timestring )

Parameters

timestring

the string to convert

Return Value

Returns a Date Serial from a time string.

Description

The time string must be in the format "23:59:59" or "11:59:59PM"

The compiler will not recognize this function unless vbcompat.bi or datetime.bi is included.

Examples

start GeSHi

#include "vbcompat.bi"

Dim ds As Double = TimeValue("07:12:28AM")

Print Format(ds, "hh:mm:ss")

end GeSHi

Differences from QB

• Did not exist in QB. This function appeared in PDS and VBDOS

See also

• Date Serials
• DateSerial
• TimeValue
• DateValue

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