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 TIME   Type

 Function
  Declare one or more variables of type time.

 Syntax
  TIME var|arr(s[,s[,s]])[,var|arr(s[,s[,s]])]

  var  - The name of a variable to declare.  Must start with a letter
         [A-Z] which may be followed by letters, digits [0-9] or the
         underscore [_].  May be of any length but only the first 32
         characters are used.
  arr  - The name of an array variable to declare.  The same naming
         conventions as var are used.
  s    - The size (0-based) of an array variable dimension.  Any
         constant integer expression is allowed.

 Remarks
  TIME variables are stored as seconds elapsed since midnight.  Valid
  times are 0 (00:00:00) through  86399 (23:59:59).  It is stored internally
  as a four byte unsigned long integer.  If a TIME is assigned to or from
  an INTEGER type then the seconds since midnight (0-86399) is assigned.
  If a TIME is assigned to a STRING type then it is automatically
  converted to the following format:  "HH:MM:SS", where HH is the two
  digit hour (00-23), MM is the two digit minute (00-59), and SS is the two
  digit second (00-59).  If a foreign language is in use that uses a
  different time format (for example, "HH.MM.SS") then that will be taken
  into account.  If a STRING is assigned to a TIME then PPL will do it's
  best to convert the string back to the appropriate time.  All other
  types, when assigned to or from a TIME, will be converted to an INTEGER
  first before being assigned to or from the TIME type.

 Examples
  TIME tob, now, pageHours(2), hourList(24)

See Also: BOOLEAN DATE INTEGER MONEY STRING
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