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Time being converted from HH:mm:ss to hh:mm:ss format on input

ConnorStokes — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 08:41:56 GMT

As title says, when trying to write or global send keys a time data item in the format "HH:mm:ss" it gets converted automatically to "hh:mm:ss".

For example 00:00:00 is getting converted to 12:00 AM on input but the input field will not accept this.

Is there anyway to prevent this automatic conversion?

Re: Time being converted from HH:mm:ss to hh:mm:ss format on input

PvD_SE — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 12:22:35 GMT

Ho Connor,

Does the interface accept correct formatting if you populate the date manually?

Happy coding!
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Paul
Sweden

Re: Time being converted from HH:mm:ss to hh:mm:ss format on input

ConnorStokes — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 12:48:02 GMT

Hi Paul,

Yes the field will accept manual input as long as its not 00:00:00 and it is in the format "HH:mm:ss". Anything else it will reject.

The time data item where the input data is stored is correctly holding it in the "HH:mm:ss" format. Its only getting converted upon either global send keys or write stage input. Worth noting that time in the format "HH:mm:ss" also gets converted to "hh:mm:ss" when converting from a time data item to a text data item. Id guess this is what's happening here as the input for a global send key action is type 'text'.

Thanks,
Connor

Re: Time being converted from HH:mm:ss to hh:mm:ss format on input

Babjee24 — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 13:01:17 GMT

Hi @ConnorStokes ,

As far as I understand from the conversation I see the issue is with time data item, I don't see anything to stop the conversion from "HH:mm:ss" to "hh:mm:ss" hence converted the time to text equivalent with few steps. Attaching the screenshot of the flow for converting time to text.

Save Time to a Text Variable -- This calc will store Time to a text type that has AM/PM

Get Seconds -- Gives the number of seconds in the Time data item. I_Time is the input parameter for action and the code stage, O_Seconds is the output parameter for action and code stage

Following is a code that gives you output as seconds

Calculation stage for AM timing

Calculation of PM time

Now if we use text it has no conversion, hope this helps.