I am pretty sure I have to format it then I can do what I want. I have to do aqConvert.DateTimeToFormatStr(timePeriod, "%c"), then I can get the string 8:40 AM, then I can split by space, then split by :
I am pretty sure I have to format it then I can do what I want. I have to do aqConvert.DateTimeToFormatStr(timePeriod, "%c"), then I can get the string 8:40 AM, then I can split by space, then split by :
You said in your first post that you have a string. If you don't actually have a string, then yes, you need to reformat it.
After that, you don't need to split anything.
Use Find to locate the : and it will give you the position of : in the string
https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/reference/program-objects/aqstring/find.html
From there, the two characters before that are the hours and the two characters after that are the minutes. Now you have the whole time ColonPosition-2 through ColonPosition+2
From your examples, it's not clear if you have a space before AM/PM or not.
If you do have a space, then AM/PM is at ColonPosition +4
If you do not have a space, then AM/PM is at ColonPosition +3
Yeah I guess that works too. I do have a string but Ican reformate it with the DateTimeToFormatStr so that I can a delimiter to use to parse the string which was the problem I had no delimiter. I think it's clear but thanks.
DateTimeToFormatStr is not for taking a string and formatting. It is for taking a DateTime data type (a specific data type) and formatting it into a string.
If you have a string that you want to reformat in a particular way, then you'll need to do some manipulation of the string using the aqString object to split it up into different bits.
