getasnumber
getasnumber |
Purpose
Convert a date, time or datetime into a number.
Synopsis
function getasnumber(d:date):integer
function getasnumber(t:time):integer
function getasnumber(dt:datetime):real
Arguments
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d
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A
date object
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t
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A
time object
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dt
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A
datetime object
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Return value
The numerical representation of the argument.
Further information
A date is converted to an integer Julian Day Number (number of days since 1/1/1970 at midnight). This function returns an integer number of milliseconds for a time and a real number of seconds for a
datetime. This number represents the number of seconds and milliseconds (as the fractional part of the number) since 1/1/1970 at midnight.
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