Hello Peter,
Monday, July 06, 2009, 22:05:00, you wrote:
>>>>>%time("mm:ss")
>>>>>fails. It returns the MONTH and the seconds instead of the minutes and the
>>>>>seconds.
>>>>>%time("hh:mm:ss") works as expected!
>>That indicates that there is a bug in Delphis formatting routine. Do you
>>agree? (Returning the MONTH in the TIME context is a bit strange, not to say
>>a real bug! ;)
I cannot agree. I will quote a page from The Bat! help file which lists Delphi
date and time formatting. Briefly, "nn" displays the minute, while "mm"
displays the month. So you probably wish to specify %time("nn:ss")
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Date/Time Format Strings are composed from specifiers that represent values to
be inserted into the formatted string. Some specifiers (such as "d"), simply
format numbers or strings. Other specifiers (such as "/") refer to
locale-specific strings from system settings.
In the following table, specifiers are given in lower case. Case is ignored in
formats, except for the "am/pm" and "a/p" specifiers. "Short" and "long"
formats means the corresponding date and time formats set in the system country
settings.
Specifier Displays
c Displays the date using the short format, followed by the time
using the long format. The time is not displayed if the date-time value
indicates midnight precisely.
d Displays the day as a number without a leading zero (1-31).
dd Displays the day as a number with a leading zero (01-31).
ddd Displays the day as an abbreviation (Sun-Sat).
dddd Displays the day as a full name (Sunday-Saturday).
ddddd Displays the date using the short format.
dddddd Displays the date using the long format.
e Displays the year in the current period/era as a number
without a leading zero (Japanese, Korean and Taiwanese locales only).
ee Displays the year in the current period/era as a number with
a leading zero (Japanese, Korean and Taiwanese locales only).
g Displays the period/era as an abbreviation (Japanese and
Taiwanese locales only).
gg Displays the period/era as a full name. (Japanese and
Taiwanese locales only).
m Displays the month as a number without a leading zero (1-12).
If the m specifier immediately follows an h or hh specifier, the minute rather
than the month is displayed.
mm Displays the month as a number with a leading zero (01-12).
If the mm specifier immediately follows an h or hh specifier, the minute rather
than the month is displayed.
mmm Displays the month as an abbreviation (Jan-Dec).
mmmm Displays the month as a full name (January-December).
yy Displays the year as a two-digit number (00-99).
yyyy Displays the year as a four-digit number (0000-9999).
h Displays the hour without a leading zero (0-23).
hh Displays the hour with a leading zero (00-23).
n Displays the minute without a leading zero (0-59).
nn Displays the minute with a leading zero (00-59).
s Displays the second without a leading zero (0-59).
ss Displays the second with a leading zero (00-59).
z Displays the millisecond without a leading zero (0-999).
zzz Displays the millisecond with a leading zero (000-999).
t Displays the time using the short format.
tt Displays the time using the long format.
am/pm Uses the 12-hour clock for the preceding h or hh
specifier, and displays 'am' for any hour before noon, and 'pm' for any hour
after noon. The am/pm specifier can use lower, upper, or mixed case, and the
result is displayed accordingly.
a/p Uses the 12-hour clock for the preceding h or hh specifier,
and displays 'a' for any hour before noon, and 'p' for any hour after noon. The
a/p specifier can use lower, upper, or mixed case, and the result is displayed
accordingly.
ampm Uses the 12-hour clock for the preceding h or hh specifier,
and displays the strings set for AM/PM accordingly to the system locale
settings.
/ Displays the date separator character.
: Displays the time separator character.
'xx'/"xx" Characters enclosed in single or double quotes are
displayed as-is, and do not affect formatting.
>>--
>>Regards,
>> Peter
>>________________________________________________________
>> Current beta is 4.2.7.1 | 'Using TBBETA' information:
>>http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
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Best regards,
Maxim Masiutin
Ritlabs SRL
http://www.ritlabs.com/
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Current beta is 4.2.7.1 | 'Using TBBETA' information:
http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
