totime() Function

Function

totime( value )

Converts a value to Time.

See also: time()

Parameters

Keyword	Type	Description
value	Any Type	Value to convert.

Returns

Time

Usage considerations

Using the value parameter

The value parameter accepts Integer, Decimal (double precision floating point), and Datetime, and Array data types.

Using totime() with arrays

When operating on arrays, it is not necessary to use apply with totime. If multiple parameters are passed, or one parameter is an Array, totime will return a Time Array.

Understanding results

To return a localized time for a user, the local() function must be nested within the totime() function.

For example, totime(local(pp!starttime)) returns the localized time when a given process started. Otherwise the time is returned in GMT. This is true unless the user happens to reside in the GMT timezone, then no localization is necessary.

Examples

totime(datetime(2005,12,13,12,0,0)) returns 12:00 PM

Feature compatibility

The table below lists this function's compatibility with various features in Appian.

Feature	Compatibility	Note
Portals	Compatible
Offline Mobile	Compatible
Sync-Time Custom Record Fields	Compatible	Can be used to create a custom record field that only evaluates at sync time.
Real-Time Custom Record Fields	Incompatible
Process Reports	Compatible
Process Events	Compatible

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