## TIME(a)

TIME(a) is a function (extraction) that calculates a time value from the expression a.

| Result of TIME(a) Function
a is a time value or an alphanumeric value that matches the current time format | This time value
a is an alphanumeric value that does not match the current time format | Error message
a is a time stamp value or an alphanumeric value that matches the current time stamp format | The time value that is part of the time stamp
a is a NULL value | NULL value