The timeFormat property identifies the format for times.
Characters may be dropped from the beginning or end of a complete time specification, but not from the middle.
Data entered into a variable field is checked to ensure that the time was entered in the format specified. The user does not need to enter the leading zeros for hours, minutes, and second, but can specify (for example) 8:15 instead of 08:15. The user who omits the separator characters, however, must enter all leading zeros.
A time stored in internal format is not recognized as a time, but simply as data. If a 6-character time field is moved to a character item of length 10, for example, EGL pads the destination field with blanks. When the 6-character value is presented on a form, however, the time is converted from its internal format, as appropriate.
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