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MINUTES24

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Appendix A Sec29.

MINUTES24

MINUTES24(formatted time) Scalar function: converts a formatted time of day into minutes since 00:00, with fractions of minutes.

Argument:

formatted time

hours, minutes, seconds in the form
hh:mm:ss, in quotes.
     

Result Axes:

X

NORMAL (no axis)
 

Y

NORMAL (no axis)
 

Z

NORMAL (no axis)
 

T

NORMAL (no axis)

Examples: 

yes? list minutes24("12:24:13")
 VARIABLE : MINUTES24("12:24:13")
 744.2
yes? list minutes24("00:30:30")
 VARIABLE : MINUTES24("00:30:30")
 30.50