Did You copy & paste new code I posted, because I get the right results?


>hi,
>thank you, but still small problem
>

>if time2=13:38:37
>   time1=13:18:34  i get it as -00:00:0
>i think the result it must be as 00:20:03
>
>another ex..
>if time2=13:21:03
>   time1=13:19:21  i get it like -00:01:4
>i need it like 00:01:40
>

>thanks to much,
>m.qasem
>
>>Because I changed the function on ghe fly i missed something:
>>

>>USE newdnc
>>thisform.text9.value  = time()&& i a ctivate it at the begining run
>>thisform.text13.value = time() && after seconds i activate it via command bottom1.
>>thisform.text14.value = thisform.TIM(thisform.text13.value, thisform.text9.value)
>>replace time1 with thisform.text9.value,;
>>        time2 with thisform.text13.value,;
>>        time3 with thisform.text14.value
>>
>>
>>***** Method TIM of the form
>>   LPARAMETERS nSecs, nSec2
>>   LOCAL c_hours, c_min, c_znak, nLocSec
>>   IF .NOT. TYPE("nSecs") $"CT" .OR.;
>>      .NOT. TYPE("nSec2") $"CT" .OR.;
>>      TYPE("nSecs") # TYPE("nSec2")
>>      RETURN ""
>>   ENDIF
>>
>>   IF TYPE("nSecs") == "C" && Time string
>>      nLocSecs = VAL(LEFT(nSec2,2))*3600
>>      nLocSecs = nLocSecs + VAL(SUBSTR(nSec2,4,2))*60+ VAL(SUBSTR(nSec2,7,2))
>>      nLocSecs = nLocSecs - (VAL(LEFT(nSecs,2))*3600 ++ VAL(SUBSTR(nSecs,4,2))*60+ VAL(SUBSTR(nSecs,7,2)))
>>   ELSE
>>*** Suppose here You passed DateTime parameters
>>      nLocSecs = nSec2 - nSecs
>>   ENDIF
>>
>>   c_znak  = IIF(nLocSecs < 0, "-","")
>>   nSecs   = ABS(nLocSecs)
>>   c_hours = INT(nSecs/3600)
>>   nSecs   = nSecs - (c_hours*3600)
>>   c_hours = IIF(c_hours<10,"0","")+ALLTRIM(STR(c_hours,15))
>>   c_min   = INT(nSecs/60)
>>   nSecs   = nSecs - (c_min*60)
>>   c_min   = IIF(c_min<10,"0","") + ALLTRIM(STR(c_min,15))
>>   nSecs   = IIF(nSecs<10,"0","") + ALLTRIM(STR(nSecs,10))
>>
>>RETURN c_znak+c_hours+":"+c_min+":"+nSecs
>>

>>
>>Function TIME() returns string so if You have to save this TIME All fields must be Character type, this function also returns a string