Common Lexical Functions

$ vbl = F$CVTIME(string[, keyword[, keyword]])

“string” = Absolute time expression


“keyword” = (1st instance) is one of “ABSOLUTE”, “COMPARISION”, “DELTA”

“keyword” = (2nd instance) is one of “DATE”, “DATETIME”, “DAY”, “MONTH”, “YEAR”, “HOUR”, “MINUTE”, “SECOND”, “HUNDREDTH”, “WEEKDAY”

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F$CVTIME() can be used to develop routines to get and compare elements of the system date/time.

This can be useful for procedures that need to change their behavior based on the day, date and/or time of day.