Duration.FromText

Returns a duration value from textual elapsed time forms (d.h:m:s).

Syntax

Duration.FromText(
    text as text
) as duration

Remarks

Returns a duration value from the specified text, text. The following formats can be parsed by this function:

• (-)hh:mm(:ss(.ff))
• (-)ddd(.hh:mm(:ss(.ff)))

(All ranges are inclusive)

• ddd: Number of days.
• hh: Number of hours, between 0 and 23.
• mm: Number of minutes, between 0 and 59.
• ss: Number of seconds, between 0 and 59.
• ff: Fraction of seconds, between 0 and 9999999.

Examples

Example #1

Convert "2.05:55:20" into a duration value.

Duration.FromText("2.05:55:20")

Result:

#duration(2, 5, 55, 20)

Category

Duration