Possible bug with Format command

I have noticed that, when formatting a time, the format command often returns "000000". The following JAL on my 3.2.4 installation causes the format_time variable to contain "000000" instead of "111035".

dim current_time, time
dim format_time, string

//now (current_time)
set (current_time, 11:10:35)
format (current_time, "hhmmss", format_time)

Any ideas why?

It does not recongise the mask as as a valid time format.

What you want can do more simple, in one line
Dim format_time, string, "@T"hhmmss""

Actually you don't even need that line, you can insert @T"hhmmss" and other macro-parameters directly in the place where you need it, for example

FileSave "c:\\data\\my_file_with_time@T"hhmmss"", "some text"

: I have noticed that, when formatting a time, the format command often returns
: "000000". The following JAL on my 3.2.4 installation causes the
: format_time variable to contain "000000" instead of
: "111035".

: dim current_time, time
: dim format_time, string

: //now (current_time)
: set (current_time, 11:10:35)
: format (current_time, "hhmmss", format_time)

: Any ideas why?

Can you explain why the mask "hhmmss" is not valid? It seems to work for some times and not for others. Why?

: It does not recongise the mask as as a valid time format.

: What you want can do more simple, in one line
: Dim format_time, string, "@T"hhmmss""

: Actually you don't even need that line, you can insert @T"hhmmss"
: and other macro-parameters directly in the place where you need it, for
: example

: FileSave "c:\\data\\my_file_with_time@T"hhmmss"",
: "some text"

I guess that the issue is in the value that you want to format. Most likely your default time format in the Control Panel is setup as "h:mm:ss tt". When the value to be formated is not recognized as a time value the format fails.

Here is an example:

dim current_time, datetime
dim format_time, string

//now (current_time)
set(current_time, "1/1/01 11:10:35")
format (current_time, "hhmmss", format_time)

As you cane see I changed the datatype of current_time variable to datetime

: It does not recongise the mask as as a valid time format.

: What you want can do more simple, in one line
: Dim format_time, string, "@T"hhmmss""

: Actually you don't even need that line, you can insert @T"hhmmss"
: and other macro-parameters directly in the place where you need it, for
: example

: FileSave "c:\\data\\my_file_with_time@T"hhmmss"",
: "some text"