The function converts given absolute time to a text string according to defined mask.
Declaration
TEXT %TimeToStrEx(
TIME in TimeA,
TEXT in mask,
TEXT in timeZone := %GetCurrentTimeZone()
)
Parameters
TimeA
Absolute time.
offset
Time format of result string.
timeZone
Name of the time zone used for conversion to local time (e.g. "Europe/London") or definition of fixed offset from UTC using format "(+|-)hh[:mi[:ss]]", where hh defines number of hours, mi defines number of minutes, and ss defines number of seconds. Sign as well as number of hours are mandatory parts of offset definition, number of minutes and seconds are optional and default to 0 (e.g. "+02:30" defines offset of 2 hours and 30 minutes from UTC). Empty text has the same meaning as function %GetCurrentTimeZone. Note: For historical reasons, integer parameter is also accepted. Its interpretation is as follows: 0 - zone "Europe/London", 3600 - zone "Europe/Bratislava", 7200 - zone "Europe/Kiev", 21600 - zone "Asia/Almaty". Usage of integer parameter is deprecated and generates warning into log file!
Note
Position of individual time components is given by the occurrence of the following strings in the entered mask.
3-character shortcut of the name of day in week *.
tt
2-character shortcut of the name of day in week *.
The function is conformable with the function %TimeToStr, besides the differences during conversions of ambiguous time - changes of daylight saving and standard time - the function displays the time together with the character A or B according to daylight saving time (A) or standard time (B).
A and B characters are used for the transition hour that depends on the time zone. In time zone GTM+1, the character is used at 2 a.m. of the local time. In time zone GMT+2 it is used at 3 a.m. of the local time, etc. .
Example: A2:10:00 26-10-2003 (for time zone GMT+1)