Visual RPG Language Reference  

Time Formats

The following is a list of the Time formats and separators for *Time data type.

RPG name

Description

Format
(Default
Separator)

Valid
Sepa-
rators

Length

Example

*ISO

International Standards Organization

hh.mm.ss

. 0

8

13.05.21

*HMS

Hours:Minutes:Seconds

hh:mm:ss

: . , & 0

8

13:05:21

*USA

IBM USA Standard. AM and PM can be any mix of upper and lower case.

hh:mm AM or hh:mm PM

: 0

8

1:05 PM

*EUR

IBM European Standard

hh.mm.ss

. 0

8

13.05.21

*JIS

Japanese Industrial Standard Christian Era

hh:mm:ss

: 0

8

13:05:21

The ampersand (&) separator is replaced with a blank character. E.g., *HMS& results in the example time formated as 01 05 PM.

The zero (0) separator is replaced with no character. E.g., *EURO results in the example time formated as 130521.

See Also

Date and Time
*HIVAL
*LOVAL
Date Formats
Default Values for all Time Formats