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Need help formatting some text

  • #1
  • First Post: Nov 9, 2011 9:44am Nov 9, 2011 9:44am
Questions 1) I display time using this:

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TimeToStr(TimeCurrent(), TIME_SECONDS)
But it displays military time, i.e. 15:00:00 and I would like it to display regular time, i.e. 3:00:00. How do I do this?

Questions 2) I have a countdown timer that displays by this code:

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DoubleToStr(minutes,0)+":"+DoubleToStr(seconds,0)
But it displays single seconds like this, 2:1 and I would like it to pad the seconds like this 2:01. How do I do this?

Thanks!
  • #2
  • Nov 9, 2011 10:12am Nov 9, 2011 10:12am
Quoting vbmark
Questions 1) I display time using this:

Inserted Code
TimeToStr(TimeCurrent(), TIME_SECONDS)
But it displays military time, i.e. 15:00:00 and I would like it to display regular time, i.e. 3:00:00. How do I do this?

Questions 2) I have a countdown timer that displays by this code:

Inserted Code
DoubleToStr(minutes,0)+":"+DoubleToStr(seconds,0)
But it displays single seconds like this, 2:1 and I would like it to pad the seconds like this 2:01. How do I do this?

Thanks!
Here is a snippet of code that I use. A far as I know there is no way to do it with any MT functions directly but if there is I would love to hear about it.
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string mmStr,ddStr,hrStr,mnStr;
if (TimeDay(TimeLocal())<10)   ddStr="0"+TimeDay(TimeLocal());    else ddStr=TimeDay(TimeLocal());
if (TimeMonth(TimeLocal())<10)  mmStr="0"+TimeMonth(TimeLocal()); else mmStr=TimeMonth(TimeLocal());
if (TimeHour(TimeLocal())<10)   hrStr="0"+TimeHour(TimeLocal());  else hrStr=TimeHour(TimeLocal());
if (TimeMinute(TimeLocal())<10) mnStr="0"+TimeMinute(TimeLocal());else mnStr=TimeMinute(TimeLocal());

dateStr = mmStr+ddStr+TimeYear(TimeLocal())+"_"+hrStr+mnStr;
string fname = AccountCompany()+"-"+AccountNumber() +"-"+dateStr+ ".txt";
  • #3
  • Nov 9, 2011 10:14am Nov 9, 2011 10:14am
What you call military time which is what you should get used to using. It is much more useful than AM/PM. I'm sure there's some kludgey method to do what you want, but why bother?
  • #4
  • Nov 9, 2011 7:17pm Nov 9, 2011 7:17pm
Quoting cyber1
A far as I know there is no way to do it with any MT functions directly but if there is I would love to hear about it.
Ok, thanks, I was going to code it by hand if I had to but wanted to do it "right" if I could.

Quoting CodeMeister
What you call military time which is what you should get used to using. It is much more useful than AM/PM. I'm sure there's some kludgey method to do what you want, but why bother?
Yeah, you're probably right.
  • #5
  • Last Post: Nov 9, 2011 9:44pm Nov 9, 2011 9:44pm
i don't get the difficulty?

suffix = " am";
if (hour > 12) {
hour -= 12;
suffix = " pm";
}
hourstring = hour + suffix;

as for padding the minute value... just go

minutestring = "0" + mins;
if (length(minutestring) > 2) minutestring = mins;

obviously you need to get the hour and mins values, which you already know how to get out of mql... so just apply as required.
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