TIME$

Returns or updates the system time in string format, such as hh-mm-ss

Implemented by: decbasic, CBM, msatari, trsdisk, level3, GWBASIC, bwbasic, QBasic, VBDOS

With variations: bw32

Also written as:

When used as a function, TIME$ returns a string in the format hh:mm:ss.

T$ = TIME$

The usage of TIME$ for setting the system's time follows a weird syntax of "assignment to a function", instead of a more common parameter format. MS-QuickBASIC will swallow any of hh, hh:mm and hh:mm:ss formats.

TIME$ = "01:20"

Bywater BASIC does not allow TIME$ to be used as a statement to set the system's time, and its returned string uses the HH-MM-SS format.

• DATE$

• TIME