Yesterday I wrote: 
...
> To get the ending time, which will need to be converted to a 24 hour 
> clock, you can:
>    setvar ampm word(file_record,,-1)
>    setvar hour decimal(word(file_record,,-2))
>    if ampm = "PM" then
>       setvar hour hour+12      
>    endif
>
> finally:
>    if hphour > hour then ....

As mentioned previously my conversion from AM/PM to a 24 hour clock is
wrong for 12 and will require extra coding.  Also I misused the decimal
function above. 

HELP decimal reveals that decimal is a string function, meaning it
returns a string value. We want the HOUR variable to be an integer so it
can be added to and compared to HPHOUR.  Instead, this will work:
   setvar hour ![word(file_record,,-2)]

A more accurate solution is now:

   setvar ampm word(file_record,,-1)
   setvar hour ![word(file_record,,-2)]
   if ampm = "PM" then
      if hour <> 12 then
         setvar hour hour+12
      endif
   elseif hour = 12 then
      setvar hour 0    
   endif


Regards,
 Jeff Vance, vCSY

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