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3.5.9.16 Time

1 Description
2 Syntax
3 Parameters
4 Return
5 Example
6 See Also

Description

This function returns the Julian-day value which Origin uses internally to represent time.

See this note.

Syntax

double time(int hh, int mm, int ss)

double time(string str[, string Format])

Parameters

Hour

Minute

Second

str

Time string which is in the format as argument strFormat

Format

It is available since 90SR0. Format string of which default value is "HH:mm:ss". When it is specified as a 0-offset number in string, it represents the index of the format listed in Column Properties. For other cases it is custom format strings(e.g., "DDD HH:mm:ss")

Return

returns the Julian-day value.

Example

double aa = time(20:50:25);
aa = ;//Should return the Julian-day value of this time, 0.86834490740741.

double aa = time(20,50,25);
aa = ;//Should return the Julian-day value of this time, 0.86834490740741.

double aa = time(35:400:500);
aa = ;//Should return the Julian-day value of this time, 1.7418981481481.

double aa = time("2 20:50:25", "DDD HH:mm:ss");
aa = ;//Should return the Julian-day value of this time, 2.8683449074074.

double aa = time("002:12", "12");
aa = ;//Should return the Julian-day value of this time(in format of index 12), 2.5.