Comments on: How do I modify the value returned from current(time) http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-do-i-modify-the-value-returned-from-currenttime/ Wed, 22 May 2013 05:05:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: yorkshireman http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-do-i-modify-the-value-returned-from-currenttime/#comment-59344 yorkshireman Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:09:40 +0000 #comment-59344 Qry now understands data types for date, time and timestamps, so you can extract the parts of the timestamp, create a result which is ‘MINUTES(field) -20′ and then recreate the timestamp data type to enable a ‘Less than’ compare.
If you use the F1=help key in the select records panel all is made (almost) clear. You will have to be aware that a simple arithmetic subtract of 20 from, say a field value of 15 minutes will give -5. Reconstituting a timesatmp with invalid data isn’t allowed.

Alternatively, convert the query to query manager, then use SQL.
STRQM, and follow the command keys will soon get you there if you’re not familiar with it.

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