# BASIC 256 - Language Documentation

fr:second

## Second

### Format

second
second()

### Description

Returns the current system clock's second of the current minute (0-59).

### Example

    # display nice date
    dim months$(12)
    months$ = {"January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"}
    print year + "-" + months$[month] + "-" + right("0" + day, 2)
    # display pretty time
    h = hour
    if h > 12 then
    h = h - 12
    ampm$ = "PM"
    else
    ampm$ = "AM"
    end if
    if h = 0 then h = 12
    print  right("0" + h, 2) + "-" + right("0" + minute, 2) + "-" + right("0" + second, 2) + " " + ampm$

Will print something like.

    2010-July-15
    10-00-02 PM

### See Also

Day, Hour, Minute, Month, Year

### New To Version

0.9.4

fr/second.txt · Last modified: 2011/03/29 11:56 (external edit)