Purpose |
Read and/or set the system time. |
Syntax |
To read the time: s$ = TIME$ To set the time: TIME$ = string_expression |
Remarks |
The system variable TIME$ contains an eight-character
Assigning string_expression to TIME$ resets the system clock. string_expression must contain time information in military (24-hour) format. Minutes and seconds information can be omitted. For example: TIME$ = "12" 'set clock to 12 noon TIME$ = "13:01" 'set clock to 1:01 PM TIME$ = "13:01:30" 'set clock to 30 sec after 1:01 PM TIME$ = "0:01" 'set clock to 1 min after midnight Use the TIMER function to return the number of seconds that have elapsed since midnight (or since the system was booted). |
See also |
DATE$, MONTHNAME$, POWERTIME, TIMER, TIX |