Re: timestamp, microsecs.

[Joel Cochran <jrc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2004-04-23 at 17:27, Hatzenbeler, Tim wrote:
>       When I do a timestamp operation I get a field like this...
>       2004-04-23-08.41.56.119000
> 
>       Is there ay way to get values in the smallest three places?  I
> remember a C function that Scott posted, but I can't seem to find it in the
> archive...

There are two ways that immediately come to mind:

1. Convert the timestamp to a string (26a) and substring out the last
three:

d myString                 s                            26a
d mySmallString       s                              3a

 /free
     myString = %char( %timestamp() );
     mySmallString = %subst( myString : 24 );
  /end-free

2.  Retrieve the *microseconds time element and divide by 1000:

d micros                      s                               6s 0
d subMicros                s                               3s 0

 /free
     micros = %subdt( %timestamp() : *ms );
     subMicros = %div( micros : 1000 );
 /end-free

If there is a specific C function I'm not aware of it...

Joel
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