Functions Reference
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Aggregate functions
- Chapter 3 Date functions
- Chapter 4 Design functions
- Chapter 5 External functions
- Chapter 6 Financial functions
- Chapter 7 Get functions
- Get(AccountName)
- Get(ActiveFieldContents)
- Get(ActiveFieldName)
- Get(ActiveFieldTableName)
- Get(ActiveLayoutObjectName)
- Get(ActiveModifierKeys)
- Get(ActiveRepetitionNumber)
- Get(ActiveSelectionSize)
- Get(ActiveSelectionStart)
- Get(AllowAbortState)
- Get(AllowToolbarState)
- Get(ApplicationLanguage)
- Get(ApplicationVersion)
- Get(CalculationRepetitionNumber)
- Get(CurrentDate)
- Get(CurrentHostTimestamp)
- Get(CurrentTime)
- Get(CurrentTimestamp)
- Get(CustomMenuSetName)
- Get(DesktopPath)
- Get(DocumentsPath)
- Get(ErrorCaptureState)
- Get(ExtendedPrivileges)
- Get(FileMakerPath)
- Get(FileName)
- Get(FilePath)
- Get(FileSize)
- Get(FoundCount)
- Get(HighContrastColor)
- Get(HighContrastState)
- Get(HostApplicationVersion)
- Get(HostIPAddress)
- Get(HostName)
- Get(LastError)
- Get(LastMessageChoice)
- Get(LastODBCError)
- Get(LayoutAccess)
- Get(LayoutCount)
- Get(LayoutName)
- Get(LayoutNumber)
- Get(LayoutTableName)
- Get(LayoutViewState)
- Get(MultiUserState)
- Get(NetworkProtocol)
- Get(PageNumber)
- Get(PortalRowNumber)
- Get(PreferencesPath)
- Get(PrinterName)
- Get(PrivilegeSetName)
- Get(RecordAccess)
- Get(RecordID)
- Get(RecordModificationCount)
- Get(RecordNumber)
- Get(RecordOpenCount)
- Get(RecordOpenState)
- Get(RequestCount)
- Get(RequestOmitState)
- Get(ScreenDepth)
- Get(ScreenHeight)
- Get(ScreenWidth)
- Get(ScriptName)
- Get(ScriptParameter)
- Get(ScriptResult)
- Get(SortState)
- Get(StatusAreaState)
- Get(SystemDrive)
- Get(SystemIPAddress)
- Get(SystemLanguage)
- Get(SystemNICAddress)
- Get(SystemPlatform)
- Get(SystemVersion)
- Get(TemporaryPath)
- Get(TextRulerVisible)
- Get(TotalRecordCount)
- Get(UserCount)
- Get(UserName)
- Get(UseSystemFormatsState)
- Get(WindowContentHeight)
- Get(WindowContentWidth)
- Get(WindowDesktopHeight)
- Get(WindowDesktopWidth)
- Get(WindowHeight)
- Get(WindowLeft)
- Get(WindowMode)
- Get(WindowName)
- Get(WindowTop)
- Get(WindowVisible)
- Get(WindowWidth)
- Get(WindowZoomLevel)
- Chapter 8 Logical functions
- Chapter 9 Number functions
- Chapter 10 Repeating functions
- Chapter 11 Summary functions
- Chapter 12 Text functions
- Exact
- Filter
- FilterValues
- GetAsCSS
- GetAsDate
- GetAsNumber
- GetAsSVG
- GetAsText
- GetAsTime
- GetAsTimestamp
- GetAsURLEncoded
- GetValue
- Hiragana
- KanaHankaku
- KanaZenkaku
- KanjiNumeral
- Katakana
- Left
- LeftValues
- LeftWords
- Length
- Lower
- Middle
- MiddleValues
- MiddleWords
- NumToJText
- PatternCount
- Position
- Proper
- Quote
- Replace
- Right
- RightValues
- RightWords
- RomanHankaku
- RomanZenkaku
- SerialIncrement
- Substitute
- Trim
- TrimAll
- Upper
- ValueCount
- WordCount
- Chapter 13 Text formatting functions
- Chapter 14 Time functions
- Chapter 15 Timestamp functions
- Chapter 16 Trigonometric functions
- Appendix A Glossary
72 FileMaker Functions Reference
Get(CurrentTime)
Format
Get(CurrentTime)
Parameter
None
Data type returned
time
Description
Returns the current time according to the system clock, to the nearest second. The format
of the value returned is determined by the operating system settings.
Note In client/server and peer-to-peer environments, Get(CurrentTimestamp)
evaluates the status of the client machine running the script (not the host machine). See
FileMaker Pro Help for information about running scripts in client/server and peer-to-peer
environments.
Example
Returns 11:30:00 when the system clock shows 11:30:00.
Get(CurrentTimestamp)
Format
Get(CurrentTimestamp)
Parameter
None
Data type returned
timestamp
Description
Returns the current date and time according to the system clock, to the nearest second.
The format of the value returned is determined by the operating system settings.
Note In client/server and peer-to-peer environments, Get(CurrentTimestamp) evaluates
the status of the client machine running the script (not the host machine). See FileMaker Pro
Help for information about running scripts in client/server and peer-to-peer environments.
Example
Returns 1/1/2008 11:30:00 AM when the system clock shows January 1, 2008 11:30:00.