Time object¶

myTime = new Time();

Description

An object representing a time. Internally, the time is computed in ticks; there are 254016000000 ticks per second. That time can be accessed in different representations, including as a timecode string.

Attributes¶

Time.seconds¶

myTime.seconds

Description

The time value, expressed in seconds.

Type

Number.

Time.ticks¶

myTime.ticks

Description

The time value, expressed in ticks.

Type

String.

Methods¶

Time.getFormatted()¶

myTime.getFormatted(frameRate, displayFormat)

Description

Returns the value of the Time passed, as a string, formatted in the specified display format.

Parameters

Argument Type Description

frameRate String The frame rate to be used, for the String-based time value.

displayFormat

int

The display format to use. Will be one of the following:

TIMEDISPLAY_24Timecode = 100;

TIMEDISPLAY_25Timecode = 101;

TIMEDISPLAY_2997DropTimecode = 102;

TIMEDISPLAY_2997NonDropTimecode = 103;

TIMEDISPLAY_30Timecode = 104;

TIMEDISPLAY_50Timecode = 105;

TIMEDISPLAY_5994DropTimecode = 106;

TIMEDISPLAY_5994NonDropTimecode = 107;

TIMEDISPLAY_60Timecode = 108;

TIMEDISPLAY_Frames = 109;

TIMEDISPLAY_23976Timecode = 110;

TIMEDISPLAY_16mmFeetFrames = 111;

TIMEDISPLAY_35mmFeetFrames = 112;

TIMEDISPLAY_48Timecode = 113;

TIMEDISPLAY_AudioSamplesTimecode = 200;

TIMEDISPLAY_AudioMsTimecode = 201;

Returns

A String.

Time.setSecondsAsFraction()¶

myTime.setSecondsAsFraction(numerator, denominator)

Description

Sets the Time object to the result of dividing the numerator by the denominator.

Parameters

Both the numerator and the denominator are ints.

Returns

Boolean; true if successful.