Variable Options › XTIME Option

XTIME Option

By default, all time-based Report Writer variables are displayed in seconds. If you expect a variable to show a time of many hours, use the XTIME option to translate the time to hhh:mm:ss format.

• hhh = hours
• mm = minutes
• ss = seconds

If you want more precise output of time values, use one of the following options:

• XTIMEM option

  Translates the time value to hhh:mm:ss:lll format.

  lll = milliseconds.

• NXTIME option

  Changes the value to ssss.lll format, where ssss is seconds and lll is milliseconds.

Note: The hhh:mm:ss, hhh:mm:ss:lll, and ssss.lll formats take up more column space than the default format.

The XTIME option has the following syntax:

XTIME
XTIMEM
NXTIME

Example: XTIME Option

The following example uses the XTIME option with the variable TRAN TCPU:

TRAN TCPU XTIME