Construct a time value from an item value.

Related Syntax Constructs

The following construct(s) refer to this construct:

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Syntax

xs:time(item $value) => time

Description

This is a constructor function that takes an item value as argument and returns a value of type xs:time. If the argument is a literal, then the literal must be a valid lexical form of its type.

As specified in the respective section of the W3C recommendation XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes, a value of type xs:time represents a specific instant of time by a combination of date and time of day values. The lexical form is hh:mm:ss where "hh" represents the hour, "mm" the minute, "ss" the second. Fractions of a second are appended with a leading ".". A timezone can be appended. You may not truncate digits on the left side.

Argument

$value	item value

Example

• This query constructs a valid time value:

  xs:time("12:20:46.275+01:00")

  This represents 12:20:46 and 275/1000 seconds CET. The timezone CET is 1 hour after Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).