Reference · stzTime
Hour12()
getters
also written: Hour12N · HourN12 · Hours12 · Hours12N · HoursN12
Basic examples (1)
Softanza
a = new stzTime("09:00:00")
b = new stzTime("17:30:00")
# 09:00 IsBefore 17:30
? a.IsBefore(b)
# 09:00 IsAfter 17:30 is FALSE
? a.IsAfter(b)
# 14:30 is afternoon
? (new stzTime("14:30:00")).IsAfternoon()
# 09:00 is not afternoon
? (new stzTime("09:00:00")).IsAfternoon()
# 14:30 is 2 on a 12-hour clock
? (new stzTime("14:30:00")).Hours12()Output
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run on 2026-10-02 04:24 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 00_time_narrated.ring(opens in a new tab)
The extensions of this method
Each extension, and whether it exists for this method; an extension that exists combines with the others (FindSTCS).
Extension
Exists
What it adds · The names
Q
no
does what the method does, then returns the object, so the call can be chained
QQ
no
chains on the next, more specific type of object (the Q ladder)
QQQ
no
chains on the most specific type of object (the Q ladder)
QRT
no
returns the result as an object of the requested type
CS
no
takes a case-sensitivity flag
ST
no
takes the position to start from (StartingAt)
IB
no
takes bounds that are included (IncludingBounds)
XT
no
the extended form: more parameters than the base method
XTT
no
yet another extension: a further extended form, after XT
Z
no
includes the position in what it returns
ZZ
no
returns positions as sections, [start, end]
W
no
selects by a condition
WF
no
selects by a condition, with the expressive keywords (@NextItem, @PreviousItem...)
D
no
takes a direction, forward or backward (Directional)
F
no
takes a function (the condition or the update is given as a function); the forms document also uses F for the future form, which defers the action
Many
no
works on a collection of items instead of one (the plural form)
Except
no
takes exceptions, what to leave out (the exceptional form)
U
no
returns the result without duplication
Every example is a test file of the library, run inside the library for this page; only those whose output kept every promise their file wrote are shown.
See also
- The class stzTime
- The area's reference: Internationalization
- The other methods in these examples: stzTime.IsAfter · stzTime.IsAfternoon · stzTime.IsBefore

