VB.NET Language Pocket Reference

Name

TimeSerial Function — Microsoft.VisualBasic.DateAndTime

Synopsis

TimeSerial(hour, minute, second)

hour required; Integer

A number in the range 0 to 23

minute required; Integer

Any valid integer

second required; Integer

Any valid integer

Return Value

A Date representing the time specified by the arguments to the function

Description

Constructs a valid time given a number of hours, minutes, and seconds. Any of the arguments can be specified as relative values or expressions. The hour argument requires a 24-hour clock format; however, the returned time is determined by the system’s regional settings.

If any value is greater than the normal range for the time unit to which it relates, the next higher time unit is increased accordingly. For example, a second argument of 125 will be evaluated as 2 minutes, 5 seconds.

If any value is less than zero, the next higher time unit is decreased accordingly. For example, TimeSerial(2,-1,30) returns 01:59:30.