Re: Why is a time of 00:00 regarded as Null?

[Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx>]

What about finding out the time using the command Time()

Time(Null)
00:00:00

Time("")
00:00:00



On Tue, 30 Jul 2024 at 15:36, Claus Dietrich <claus.dietrich@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> One of my programs failed today. The reason was surprising:
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> A date consisting of a time component only and generated with an
> expression equivalent to this
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> dStartTime = cDate("00:00")
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> is regarded as Null. As my program checks the presence of a time
> expression with
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> if dStartTime then ...
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> it fails, if the time is 00:00, which is supposed to be a valid time.
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> If this is no bug, how can I check whether a date contains a valid
> time-only-component including 00:00 ?
>
> Best regards
>
> Claus
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