UPDATE_TIME

The function UPDATE_TIME replaces the time described by a DateTime with another specified Time.

This function takes two pieces of input: a base DateTime, and a Time. It outputs a DateTime: the base DateTime but with the time replaced by the information given by the input Time.

Declaration

UPDATE_TIME(base_datetime, new_time) -> new_datetime

Parameters

base_datetime (type: DateTime) Any DateTime.

new_time (type: Date) Any Time. This is what will replace the time information in the given DateTime.

Return Values

new_datetime (type: DateTime) The DateTime that results from taking the base DateTime and replacing the time with the one given by new_time.

Examples

Assume the example has access to the following DateTime and Date values:

example_date_and_time = {  
 "date": {  
  "day": 1,  
  "month": 4,  
  "year": 2021  
 },  
 "time": {  
  "hour": 16,  
  "minute": 14,  
  "second": 38,  
  "millisecond": 0  
 },  
 "timeZone": "UTC"  
}  
  
example_time = {  
 "hour": 5  
 "minute": 11  
 "second" : 55  
 "millisecond": 45  
}

The following example takes the DateTime example_date_and_time, which describes 4:14pm, 38 seconds and 0 milliseconds on a particular date, and replaces the time with the information given by example_time, which describes the time 5:11am, 55 seconds and 45 milliseconds. Note that the resulting DateTime describes the same date and the same timezone, as did example_date_and_time. Only the time has changed:

UPDATE_TIME(example_date_and_time, example_time) = {  
 "date": {  
  "day": 1,  
  "month": 4,  
  "year": 2021  
 },  
 "time": {  
  "hour": 5,  
  "minute": 11,  
  "second": 55,  
  "millisecond": 45  
 },  
 "timeZone": "UTC"  
}