TIMEEXT

Purpose

Returns an 8-byte displayable time as an 8-byte internal binary time stamp.

Syntax

►►────┬─ TIME-EXTERNAL ──┬────────── (time-stamp) ────────────────────────────►◄
      ├─ TIMEEXT ────────┤
      └─ TIMX ───────────┘

Parameter

time-stamp

Specifies the 8-byte displayable time stamp to be converted into an 8-byte binary internal time stamp.

time-stamp can be one of the following:

A string literal enclosed in quotation marks in the format HH.MM.SS
The name of a user-defined variable that contains the 8-byte time stamp string

Example

In the following example, the TIMEEXT function is used to convert an 8-byte displayable time stamp to an 8-byte binary internal time stamp in the format HH.MM.SS:

Initial value:
    TIME-FIELD: '17.08.09'

Statement:
    MOVE TIMEEXT(TIME-FIELD) TO TIME-BINARY

Returned value:
    x0000000F0F900000