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Reference · stzTime

ToString()

formatting

also written: Time · Content

Basic examples (2)

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oTime = new stzTime(52245)
? oTime.ToString()
Output
14:30:45

run on 2026-10-02 04:24 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 04_creating_time_from_seconds_since_midnight.ring(opens in a new tab)

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o1 = new stzTime("05:08:34")
? o1.ToStringXT(:Long) # Or ToLong()
Output
05:08:34.000

run on 2026-10-02 04:23 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 60_tostringxt.ring(opens in a new tab)

Scope (5)

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oTime = new stzTime([:Hour = 14, :Minute = 30, :Second = 45])
? oTime.ToString()
Output
14:30:45

run on 2026-10-02 04:24 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 03_creating_time_from_hash_list.ring(opens in a new tab)

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oTime = new stzTime("10:00:00")
oTime + 3600  # Add 1 hour (3600 seconds)
? oTime.Content()
Output
11:00:00

run on 2026-10-02 04:24 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 10_operator_overloading_with.ring(opens in a new tab)

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oTime = new stzTime("10:00:00")
oTime - 1800  # Subtract 30 minutes (1800 seconds)
? oTime.Content()
Output
09:30:00

run on 2026-10-02 04:24 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 11_operator_overloading_with_-.ring(opens in a new tab)

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oTime = new stzTime("14:30:00")
? oTime.Content()
oTime2 = new stzTime("14:30")
? oTime2.Content()
Output
14:30:00
14:30:00

run on 2026-10-02 04:24 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 02_creating_time_from_string.ring(opens in a new tab)

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oTime1 = new stzTime("14:30:00")
oTime2 = oTime1.Copy()
oTime2.AddHours(2)
? oTime1.ToString()
? oTime2.ToString()
Output
14:30:00
16:30:00

run on 2026-10-02 04:24 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 30_copying_time_objects.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
yes
the extended form: more parameters than the base method · ToStringXT
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