Extract Date and Time elements

Parameters

• DateTime - Text variable containing the date and time information
• Year - Numerical variable that will be used to store the current year
• Month - Numerical variable that will be used to store the current month
• Day - Numerical variable that will be used to store the current day
• Hour - Numerical variable that will be used to store the current hour
• Minute - Numerical variable that will be used to store the current minute
• Second - Numerical variable that will be used to store the current second

Comments

This command is very useful in combination with the command "Format Local Time".

Example

<code> Extract Date and Time elements lcl_txt, lcl_year, lcl_month, lcl_day, lcl_hour, lcl_min, lcl_sec</code>

This example shows the extraction of date and time elements from the variable lcl_txt. The other variables are named in such a way that it is clear what they are used for.

It is quite easy to construct a date or time from these separate variables. See the example below:

<code>SET gbl_date_txt = lcl_day+"/"+lcl_month+"/"+lcl_year</code>

This examples shows the construction of a date in a format like "1/1/2010" by combining the different numerical variables with the / character into the correctly formatted date.

Related Commands

• Format Local Time
• Unformat Local Time
• Time Convert Local to Simulation
• Time Convert Simulation to Local
• Remove Date From Text
• Remove Time From Text

See Also

• Calendars
• Special variable simulation time