Monday, November 08, 2010 at 12:02 AM.
system.verbs.builtins.date.timeString
on timeString (theDate = clock.now (), includeSeconds=true) { //return just the time from the date
local (day, month, year, hour, minute, second);
date.get (theDate, @day, @month, @year, @hour, @minute, @second);
if hour < 12 {
if hour == 0 {
hour = 12};
ampm = "AM"}
else {
ampm = "PM";
if hour > 12 {
hour = hour - 12}};
s = hour + ":" + string.padwithzeros (minute, 2);
if includeSeconds {
s = s + ":" + string.padwithzeros (second, 2)};
s = s + " " + ampm;
return (s)}
<<bundle //test code
<<dialog.alert (date.timeString (theDate: date ("10/7/98"), includeSeconds:true))
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