DateTime.Time

DateTime

Returns the time part from a datetime value.

Syntax

DateTime.Time(dateTime as any) as nullable time

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`dateTime`	`any`	Yes	The datetime value to extract the time from.

Return Value

time — The time component of the given datetime.

Remarks

DateTime.Time extracts the time component from a datetime or datetimezone value, discarding the date portion. If the input is null, the function returns null.

Examples

Example 1: Extract time from OrderLog Timestamp

Table.AddColumn(
    Table.SelectColumns(
        Table.FirstN(OrderLog, 5),
        {"LogID", "Timestamp"}
    ),
    "TimeOnly", each DateTime.Time([Timestamp]), type time
)

Result

	LogID	Timestamp	TimeOnly
1	L001	1/15/2024 9:30:00 AM	09:30:00
2	L002	1/16/2024 2:15:00 PM	14:15:00
3	L003	1/18/2024 11:00:00 AM	11:00:00
4	L004	1/20/2024 8:45:00 AM	08:45:00
5	L005	2/1/2024 4:20:00 PM	16:20:00

Example 2: Extract time from a scalar datetime

#table(
    type table [DateTime = datetime, TimeOnly = time],
    {{#datetime(2024, 3, 15, 14, 30, 45), DateTime.Time(#datetime(2024, 3, 15, 14, 30, 45))}}
)