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Time in Seconds to HH:MM:SS Format

Jaz — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 23:25:11 GMT

Hi,

I have a column of seconds starting from 0 which increments by 1 second for each row. (0, 1, 2, 3, etc...). I was looking for a way to convert these times in seconds into a HH:MM:SS format. I came across this post: https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/Date-Time-Format-Problem/td-p/52831 where a few ideas were suggested and I was wondering which approach would be the best to take. It doesn't have to work for the whole column, even being able to convert one time in seconds to the HH:MM:SS format would be useful. I want to do this solely using JSL.

Any help would be appreciated.

Re: Time in Seconds to HH:MM:SS Format

txnelson — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 14:53:25 GMT

Just set the column format to one of the Duration formats available. Go to Column Info for the column, and click on the down arrow beside the format and select Duration, and then choose which of the potential formats you want to use

Re: Time in Seconds to HH:MM:SS Format

Jaz — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 15:36:55 GMT

Thanks but I can't seem to find format when in the column info dialogue box?

Re: Time in Seconds to HH:MM:SS Format

txnelson — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 15:49:51 GMT

Re: Time in Seconds to HH:MM:SS Format

Jaz — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 11:32:23 GMT

Re: Time in Seconds to HH:MM:SS Format

Mark_Bailey — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 12:06:35 GMT

Like Jim, I assumed that when you said that you had data in the form of seconds (time), that you entered it as a numeric value. It never occurred to me either that you would enter it as character data.

So following Jim's solution, first change the Data Type to Numeric and the Modeling Type to Continuous. Then continue with his detailed step-by-step instructions.

Re: Time in Seconds to HH:MM:SS Format

Jaz — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 12:29:53 GMT

Thanks, that worked. But I want to be able to script this change to duration. I clicked on Source>Edit but there seems to be no JSL for the duration change. I used the following code:

column(dt,"Stop Clock (seconds)")<<data type(Numeric)<<Modeling Type(Continuous)<<Format(Duration, hr:m:s);

But it doesn't seem to work.

Re: Time in Seconds to HH:MM:SS Format

txnelson — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 12:53:51 GMT

Your code is not working because your syntax is incorrect. You can find all of the correct syntax and examples in the Scripting Index

Help==>Scripting Index

In your code, all of the issues are covered in the Data Table==>Column Scripting

Re: Time in Seconds to HH:MM:SS Format

Jaz — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 14:45:23 GMT

Thank you.