Input Variables

%TS Contains input time.

The following table summarizes input formats accepted by %TI.

%TI Input Formats

ELEMENT

DESCRIPTION

EXAMPLES

HOURS

1 or 2 digits

3,03,12

MINUTES

2 digits

05,36

AM or PM

AM or PM required

9:00 AM or am

9:00 PM or pm

Abbreviation accepted

9:00 A or a

9:00 P or p

NOON

Abbreviation accepted

N[OON]

MIDNIGHT or

MIDNITE

Abbreviation accepted

M[IDNIGHT] or m[idnight]

M[IDNITE] or m[idnite]

MILITARY

No punctuation (hhmm)

1900, 0830

NULL INPUT

Defaults to current time

DELIMITERS

Colon between hours and minutes

3:00