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26<topic id="textscalc01func_timexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">TIME</title>
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33<bookmark_value>TIME function</bookmark_value>
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36<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154073" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U"><variable id="time"><link href="text/scalc/01/func_time.xhp">TIME</link>
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38<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145762" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_ZEIT">TIME returns the current time value from values for hours, minutes and seconds.</ahelp> This function can be used to convert a time based on these three elements to a decimal time value.</paragraph>
39<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155550" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U">Syntax</paragraph>
40<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154584" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">TIME(Hour; Minute; Second)</paragraph>
41<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152904" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Use an integer to set the <emph>Hour</emph>.</paragraph>
42<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151346" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Use an integer to set the <emph>Minute</emph>.</paragraph>
43<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151366" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Use an integer to set the <emph>Second</emph>.</paragraph>
44<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145577" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U">Examples</paragraph>
45<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156076" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG"><item type="input">=TIME(0;0;0)</item> returns 00:00:00</paragraph>
46<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156090" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG"><item type="input">=TIME(4;20;4)</item> returns 04:20:04</paragraph>
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