Current time

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Current time {(*)} Time

The Current time command returns the current time from the system clock.

The current time is always between 00:00:00 and 23:59:59. Use String or Time string to obtain the string form of the time expression returned by Current time.

4D Server: If you use the asterisk (*) parameter when executing this function on a 4D Client machine, it returns the current time from the server.

1. The following example shows you how to time the length of an operation. Here, LongOperation is a method that needs to be timed:

   $vhStartTime:=Current time  ` Save the start time 
   LongOperation  ` Perform the operation 
   ALERT ("The operation took "+String(Current time–$vhStartTime))  ` Display how long it took

2. The following example extracts the hours, minutes, and seconds from the current time:

   $vhNow:=Current time
   ALERT("Current hour is: "+String($vhNow\3600))
   ALERT("Current minute is: "+String(($vhNow\60)%60))
   ALERT("Current second is: "+String($vhNow%60))

Milliseconds, String, Tickcount, Time Operators.