The following code obtains the number of seconds passed since the beginning of the minute the routine started and then outputs this number in different formats via the Format method of the aqString object.

JavaScript, JScript

function Main()
{
   var a, b, i, s;

   // The numbers that will be output
   i = aqDateTime.GetSeconds(aqDateTime.Now());
   // The number of seconds that have passed
   // since the beginning of the current minute
   a = i;
   b = i / (60*60*24); // The number of seconds as part of a 24-hour day

   // Decimal format
   s = aqString.Format("%d ms have passed since the beginning of the current minute.", a);
   Log.Message(s);

   // Hexadecimal format
   s = aqString.Format("%d = %X (hexadecimal format)", a, a);
   Log.Message(s);

   // General format
   s = aqString.Format("%d ms = %g day (general format)", a, b)
   Log.Message(s);

   // Scientific format
   s = aqString.Format("%d ms = %.4e day (scientific format)" , a, b);
   Log.Message(s);
}

Python

def Main():

  # The numbers that will be output
  i = aqDateTime.GetSeconds(aqDateTime.Now())
  # The number of seconds that have passed
  # since the beginning of the current minute
  a = i
  b = i / (60*60*24) # The number of seconds as part of a 24-hour day

  # Decimal format
  s = aqString.Format("%d ms have passed since the beginning of the current minute.", a)
  Log.Message(s)

  # Hexadecimal format
  s = aqString.Format("%d = %X (hexadecimal format)", a, a)
  Log.Message(s)#

  # General format
  s = aqString.Format("%d ms = %g day (general format)", a, b)
  Log.Message(s)

  # Scientific format
  s = aqString.Format("%d ms = %.4e day (scientific format)" , a, b)
  Log.Message(s)

VBScript

Sub Main
  Dim a, b, s, i

  ' The numbers that will be output
  i = aqDateTime.GetSeconds(aqDateTime.Now())
   ' The number of seconds that have passed
   ' since the beginning of the current minute
  a = i
  b = i / (60*60*24) ' The number of seconds as part of a 24-hour day

  ' Decimal format
  s = aqString.Format("%d ms have passed since the beginning of the current minute.", a)
  Log.Message s

  ' Hexadecimal format
  s = aqString.Format("%d = %X (hexadecimal format)", a, a)
  Log.Message s

  ' General format
  s = aqString.Format("%d ms = %g day (general format)", a, b)
  Log.Message s

  ' Scientific format
  s = aqString.Format("%d ms = %.4e day (scientific format)" , a, b)
  Log.Message s
End Sub

DelphiScript

procedure Main;
var a, b, i, s;
begin
   // The numbers that will be output
   i := aqDateTime.GetSeconds(aqDateTime.Now());
   // The number of seconds that have passed
   // since the beginning of the current minute
   a := i;
   b := i /(60*60*24); // The number of seconds as part of a 24-hour day

   // Decimal format
   s := aqString.Format('%d ms have passed since the beginning of the current minute.', a);
   Log.Message(s);

   // Hexadecimal format
   s := aqString.Format('%d = %X (hexadecimal format)', a, a);
   Log.Message(s);

   // General format
   s := aqString.Format('%d ms = %g day (general format)', a, b);
   Log.Message(s);

   // Scientific format
   s := aqString.Format('%d ms = %.4e day (scientific format)' , a, b);
   Log.Message(s);
end;

C++Script, C#Script

function Main()
{
   var a, b, i, s;

   // The numbers that will be output
   i = aqDateTime["GetSeconds"](aqDateTime["Now"]());
   // The number of seconds that have passed
   // since the beginning of the current minute
   a = i;
   b = i / (60*60*24); // The number of seconds as part of a 24-hour day

   // Decimal format
   s = aqString["Format"]("%d ms have passed since the beginning of the current minute.", a);
   Log["Message"](s);

   // Hexadecimal format
   s = aqString["Format"]("%d = %X (hexadecimal format)", a, a);
   Log["Message"](s);

   // General format
   s = aqString["Format"]("%d ms = %g day (general format)", a, b);
   Log["Message"](s);

   // Scientific format
   s = aqString["Format"]("%d ms = %.4e day (scientific format)" , a, b);
   Log["Message"](s);
}

Using the aqString.Format Method

See Also