Time Formats

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The following is a list of the Time formats and separators for *Time data type.

</tr> </table> The ampersand (&) separator is replaced with a blank character. E.g., * **HMS&** results in the example time formated as **01 05 PM** . The zero (0) separator is replaced with no character. E.g., * **EURO** results in the example time formated as **130521** . #### **See Also** [Date and Time](ecrLrfDateandTimeMain.html) [*HIVAL](STARHIVAL.html) [*LOVAL](STARLOVAL.html) [Date Formats](Date_Formats.html) [Default Values for all Time Formats](default_values_for_all_time_formats.html)

RPG name </td>	Description	Format (Default Separator) </td>	Valid Sepa- rators	Length	Example
*ISO	International Standards Organization	hh.mm.ss	. 0	8	13.05.21
*HMS	Hours:Minutes:Seconds	hh:mm:ss	: . , & 0	8	13:05:21
*USA	IBM USA Standard. AM and PM can be any mix of upper and lower case.	hh:mm AM or hh:mm PM	: 0	8	1:05 PM
*EUR	IBM European Standard	hh.mm.ss	. 0	8	13.05.21
*JIS	Japanese Industrial Standard Christian Era	hh:mm:ss	: 0	8	13:05:21