Time

February 26, 1996

Defined in DateTime.Def
Inherits from Object
Inherits from Ordered
Telescript predefined 84

Class Description

You'll use class Time any time you need to hold a time value.

Programming information

Instantiate: sometimes
Subclass: almost never
Call its methods: rarely

You'll rarely call the methods of class Time. In fact, a number of the methods defined by class Time (such as Globalize and Localize) are provided for compatability with Telescript, but do nothing useful at this time.

Methods defined by class Time

Class Time defines the following methods:

Method	Description
Order	Overrides Order to compare days and miliseconds
EncodePredefined	Overrides EncodePredefined to convert to Universal Time
DecodePredefined	Overrides DecodePredefined to convert to local time
MatchesInstance	Overrides MatchesInstance to compare days and miliseconds. Will ignore flags
SetToNow	Sets days and miliseconds to the current local valuel
Implemented for Telescript,
but currently do nothing
Globalize	Provided for Telescript compatibility
Localize	Provided for Telescript compatibility
Adjust	Provided for Telescript compatibility
Initialize	Provided for Telescript compatibility
Interval	Provided for Telescript compatibility

Attributes defined by class Time

Class Time defines the following attributes:

Field	Type	Description
days	Signed	Used by the Days attribute
miliseconds	Signed	Used by the Milliseconds attribute

Fields defined by class Time

Class Time defines the following fields:

Field	Type	Description
days	Signed	Used by the Days attribute
miliseconds	Signed	Used by the Milliseconds attribute
flags	Unsigned	Reserved for future use