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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Timer Function</title>
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<bookmark_value>Timer function</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3149346" role="heading" level="1" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03030303.xhp" name="Timer Function">Timer Function</link></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3156023" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Returns a value that specifies the number of seconds that have elapsed since midnight.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3156212" role="note" xml-lang="en-US">You must first declare a variable to call the Timer function and assign it the "Long " data type, otherwise a Date value is returned.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="hd_id3153768" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Syntax:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3161831" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Timer</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3146975" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Return value:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3146984" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Date</paragraph>
<paragraph id="hd_id3156442" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Example:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1341580128" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Sub ExampleTimer</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341578896" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim lSec As Long,lMin As Long,lHour As Long</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341577632" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> lSec = Timer</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3145748" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> MsgBox lSec,0,"Seconds since midnight"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341574656" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> lMin = lSec / 60</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341573424" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> lSec = lSec Mod 60</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341572192" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> lHour = lMin / 60</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341570960" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> lMin = lMin Mod 60</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3156283" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> MsgBox Right("00" & lHour , 2) & ":"& Right("00" & lMin , 2) & ":" & Right("00" & lSec , 2) ,0,"The time is"</paragraph>
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