>>Return value of dateime() is not affected by SET HOURS or other date/time related SET commands. It would a bug if it was
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>>>When I Set Hours to 12, datetime() is returning a time as if I had set hours to 24. How can I be sure to get a 12 hours notation?
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>Sergey,
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>I agree with Naomi, the Helpfile says explicit the value returned by DATETIME( ) is determined by the current SET HOURS setting. More important how can I get a 12 hour notation or am I forced to make a function?
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>Regards,
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>Koen

In my tests I always got 12 hours (AM/PM) output regardless on the settings. Unless it's ? that affected it and I'm going to try with MESSAGEBOX now.

UPDATE. I got the same result with the MESSAGEBOX also.