This method is obsolete. See the Remarks section below.

Description

The Utilities.EncodeTime method returns a specific value calculated from the given hour, minute, second and millisecond.

Declaration

Utilities.EncodeTime(Hour, Min, Sec, MSec)

Hour	[in]	Required	Integer
Min	[in]	Required	Integer
Sec	[in]	Required	Integer
MSec	[in]	Required	Integer
Result	Variant

Applies To

The method is applied to the following object:

Utilities

Parameters

The method has the following parameters:

Hour

Specifies the hour of the time to be converted to a Variant value. The Hour parameter ranges between 0 and 23.

Min

Specifies the minute of the time to be converted to a Variant value. Valid Min values are 0 through 59.

Sec

Specifies the millisecond of the time to be converted to a Variant value. Valid MSec values are 0 through 999.

MSec

Result Value

The resulting value is a number between 0 and 1 (inclusive) that indicates the fractional part of a day given by the specified time or (if 1.0) midnight on the following day. The value 0 corresponds to midnight, 0.5 corresponds to noon, 0.75 corresponds to 6:00 pm, and so on.

Remarks

This method is obsolete. It is supported for backward compatibility only. To create a time value containing a specific number of hours, minutes and seconds, use the aqDateTime.SetTimeElements method.

Utilities.EncodeTime Method