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Re: Can time field using sum to total up the time ?

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From: kcchong
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 05:33
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Hi Bill,

In delphi I already calculated the interval time between tester down time and tester up time then store the calculated 
time in IB6 time field. I want to sum up this field based on certain criteria to generate report or chart, for example by weekly,
tester number, area and etc.

thanks

rgds
kcchong




Bill Todd <bill@notthis.dbginc.com> wrote:
>The concept of summing times makes no sense. What is the sum of 9:00
>AM and 3:00 PM? I suspect what you want to do is sum time intervals
>but that is just a guess since you have not provided any detailed
>information about your problem.
>
>On 17 Dec 2002 19:30:40 -0800, "kcchong" <k_c_chong@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>If can't use this method to sum time as usual use it to sum integer and float field. So do you have any idea to sum it in 
>>more simple way because i'm doing the downtime tracking project.
>
>
>--
>Bill (TeamB)
>(TeamB cannot respond to questions received via email)
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