RE: JSL Time Data Type

[#1]

Hi,

I was just wondering if there was a way for JSL to tell how much time it has been since a particular start point. For example, is there a function that could output the time difference between the start time 00:00:00 and 00:00:01? Or a function that could add one second onto 00:00:00 to make it 00:00:01. Just curious as it would save me some time. Also, is there a function to convert HH:MM:SS to minutes in JSL? If not, what would you suggest to be the simplest way of doing such a conversion?

Any help would be appreciated.

[#2]

Try 'Help > Scripting Index', then enter 'date' into the serach field to produce:

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This shows the JSL primitives that match your serach, and, typically, there are one or mode examples of each to get you going.

[#3]

Hi,

Thanks for the help. I'm using an older version of JMP so it doesn't have  any other examples. Do you have any idea how I would use the function for timings?

[#4 · Accepted solution]

JMP uses seconds as the measure of time and the basis for dates. The value 0 is equivalent to 12:00 AM January 1, 1904. So the subtract function can take the difference in seconds between two time or date values. Similarily, the add function can be used to directly increment a time or date value by one second.

You can easily enter a literal value (constant) using the DDMmmYYYY:HH:MM:SS.S form, so 25Jun2018 is today.

[#5 · Accepted solution]

Assuming that the variable time contains numeric value as the number of seconds, the expression to convert a time value is time / In Minutes( 1 ).

[#6]

Thanks for the help.