SAP ABAP Data Element TIME_IO (Field for Input and Output of Times)
Hierarchy
☛ SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component
   ⤷ BC-SRV-TIM-TR (Application Component) Date Rules
     ⤷ SZTI (Package) Central Basis Development: Time ('Time/Event')
Basic Data
Data Element TIME_IO
Short Description Field for Input and Output of Times  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type TIME_IO    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 32    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 32    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
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Parameter ID   
Default Component name    
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Date/Time 
Medium 15 Date/Time 
Long 20 Date/Time 
Heading 26 Date/Time 
Documentation

Definition

Field for date entry.

Entry options for date specification:

To simplify date specification, you have the following options for date entry: 

Entry            Description                    Output
No entry         Defalut values                 DI 08.17.1999 10:40 CET
fr               Next Friday                    FR 08.18.1999 10:40 CET
fr 1245          Next Friday 12:45 hours        FR 08.20.1999 12:45 CET
200899 1610      Date and time                  FR 08.20.1999 16:10 CET
200899 1610 PST  Date, time and time zone       FR 08.20.1999 16:10 PST 
                 (this and the line above 
                 give the same local time, 
                 but their time stamps 
                 differ!)
fr +3w           Next Friday plus 3 weeks       FR 09.10.1999 10:40 CET
fr +2d           Next Friday + 2 days           SO 08.22.1999 10:40 CET
fr +2d +5h +10m  Next Friday plus 2 days,       SO 08.22.1999 15:50 CET 
                 plus 5 hours and plus 
                 10 min
200899 +3        Datum plus 3 Tage              MO 08.23.1999 10:40 CET
fr -1w           Freitag letzte Woche           FR 08.13.1999 10:40 CET
FR 13.08.1999                                   FR 08.13.1999 10:40 CET 
10:40 CET

Weekdays are consider commands and are subject to the respective language of the user. If the weekday is entered with a date, only the date is taken, the weekday itself will be ignored.


                                                        
                            
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 Last changed by/on      SAP  20010220 

                                    
 SAP Release Created in  20C