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seconds

Syntax

    dateObject.seconds

Description

Property; gives the seconds passed since midnight of the given date object. Only the `systemDate` , `creationDate`, and `modifiedDate` have a default `seconds` value. You must specify a `seconds` value for date objects that you create.

This property can be used with the `creationDate` and the `modifiedDate` for source control purposes.

Example

These staments display the seconds since midnight on the authoring computer:

    mydate = the systemdate
    put mydate.seconds

-- 1233