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<h1 class="topictitle1">Time formats</h1>
<div><p>The operating system supports several time formats.</p>
<ul><li>*HMS (hh:mm:ss)</li>
<li>*ISO (hh.mm.ss)</li>
<li>*USA (hh:mm AM or hh:mm PM)</li>
<li>*EUR (hh.mm.ss)</li>
<li>*JIS (hh:mm:ss)</li>
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<p>The system value QTIME has one format (hhmmss). The time separator value
is determined by the QTIMSEP system value.</p>
<p>The time format for presentation should always be stored externally as
part of the textual data.</p>
<p>In database files, times can be stored as:</p>
<ul><li>Normal numeric data fields</li>
<li>SAA<sup>®</sup> time
data-types</li>
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<p>When you store the time as numeric data, your application needs to specify
the format in which it is stored and presented.</p>
<p>When you store the time as data type TIME (T), you can specify the format
with the DDS keyword TIMFMT on the database file. The time is sorted in this
predefined format as character data, including the time separators. To convert
time fields from one format to another, write a CL program or high-level language
routine to do the conversion.</p>
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