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# timefmt

Description | Define the text format for both reading and writing time.
Type | String, read/write
Default value | "%0H:%0M:%0S%f"
Note | The time format consists in a text string in which the time information (like number of seconds) is specified using tags. A tag begins by the character "%" optionally followed by "." or "0" and a character indicating which specific information must be provided. The possible values are:
H | Hour (0-23)
h | Hour (1-12)
M | Minute (0-59)
S | Seconds (0-59)
s | Milliseconds (0-999)
f | Milliseconds as a fractional value with a comma as the decimal separator (,001-,999)
F | Milliseconds as a fractional value with a dot as the decimal separator (.001-.999)
p | text "pm" or "am"
P | text "PM" or "AM"
% | The symbol "%"
If the second character is used, the corresponding information is produced in fixed format with space ( ".") or zero ( "0") as the padding character. For instance, the hour 1 will be displayed as "1" with the format "%H"; as " 1" with "%.H" and as "01" with "%0H". When the formats f or F are used for parsing they both accept dot and comma as the decimal separator. The formats f and F without second character ( "." or "0") display nothing if the number of milliseconds is 0.
See also | datetimefmt
Module | mmsystem

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