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Purpose |
Return the number of seconds that have elapsed since midnight. |
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Syntax |
y = TIMER |
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Remarks |
TIMER returns the number of seconds since midnight as a Double-precision floating-point value. The resolution is about 1/100 of a second on NT-based platforms, or 1/18th of a second on earlier platforms. |
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Example |
OldTime$ = TIME$ ' Current time TIME$ = "12" ' Noon NoonSec$ = FORMAT$(TIMER, "#,") x$ = "Noon is " + NoonSec$ + " seconds past midnight" TIME$ = OldTime$ ' Restore time |
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Result |
Noon is 43,200 seconds past midnight |