<In response to Larry in response to Patrick in response to John>
Please visit the following 2 year old hp3000-l thread regarding
calculating a given time frame via a system variable. I believe it
still holds water...or maybe it just stands the test of time.
http://raven.utc.edu/SCRIPTS/WA.EXE?A2=ind9701B&L=hp3000-l&D=0&H=&T=&O=&F=&P
=24420
Eric Sand
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simonsen, Larry [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, January 22, 1999 5:10 PM
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> Subject: Re: HPSECOND CI var to go with HPHOUR & HPMINUTE?
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> If you do this we might as well add the milliseconds. Some time we will
> need them and while in that area of code go for both.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick Santucci [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Saturday, January 23, 1999 5:24 AM
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> Subject: Re: HPSECOND CI var to go with HPHOUR & HPMINUTE?
>
> I second - er, third - this request! I'll go one step further and
> suggest another seconds-based variable: HPSECSTODAY, the number of
> seconds since midnight. This would make calculating elapsed times easier
> and more precise. Combined with HPMONTH and HPDATE, you could even
> calculate elapsed times spanning multiple days! Yes, I know I could do
> some of this with HPCONNSECS, but that only works for calculations
> during a given job or session. I'm looking for something I could use to
> write to a file from multiple jobs/sessions that could be used for
> calculating elapsed times between events in those differing
> jobs/sessions. Hence my desire for something like HPSECSTODAY. (Ouch,
> sorry about that; it sounds awful, doesn't it? Maybe Jeff Vance and CSY
> -- or you good listeners -- can clean it up for me. It's the concept I'm
> interested in, not the name of the variable.)
>
> Patrick
>
> John Korb wrote:
> >
> > Yup! Been there, wished for that. Same reason, too - logging!
> >
> > John
> >
> > At 1/22/99 05:19 PM , Mark Bixby wrote:
> > >Has anybody else ever wished for an HPSECOND CI variable to go along
> with the
> > >current time-of-day variables HPHOUR and HPMINUTE?
> <snip>
> > >It seems to me this would be a really easy CI enhancement, given that
> HPHOUR
> > >and HPMINUTE already exist.....
>
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