Numbers are an essential form of data, and can be expressed as integers, decimals, or in scientific notation. Dates and times are also represented by a number. A missing numeric value is represented by a period. Let's go into a little more detail about dates, times, and durations. These are all numeric values that represent a number of seconds. Specifically, dates are defined as the number of seconds since midnight on January And a negative value represents the number of seconds before that point in time. A time of day is simply the number of seconds since midnight. A literal constant for a date can be represented as DDMmmYYYY. For example, January first, can be represented as And you can include hours, minutes, seconds, and sub-seconds in this specification if needed. There are many date and time functions, and you can find them in the Scripting Index.
