atotime()

Purpose:

atotime() converts a string to a 4C time.

Usage:

tval = atotime(<timestr>);

Arguments:

alpha <timestr> - An alpha representation of a time.

Returns:

-1 - Invalid time string >= 0 - The 4c time.

Where Used:

atotime() can be called from anywhere.

Example:

Example

Description:

atotime() converts a string to a 4c time value similar. It is fairly flexible, but expects the <timestr> to have only digits, spaces, ':'s and an optional "am", "a", "pm" or "p" suffix.

Requirements

4cserver version 6.4.7 or later.

Bugs/Features/Comments:

Bugs

See Also:

atodate()

atoi()

atof()

ftoa()

itoa()

sys.fmt_alpha()

sys.fmt_choice()

sys.fmt_date()

sys.fmt_float()

sys.fmt_integer()

sys.fmt_time()