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Time-Stamp-Like Expression Positions

Time-stamp-like expression positions are reading positions in which time stamp fields plus constructor expressions, table expressions, and built-in functions can be specified, or functional method calls and method chainings whose return values have a time stamp type. The following time-stamp-like expression positions exist:

• Time-stamp-like arguments in time stamp functions

• Operand time_stamp of the function
  utclong_add( val  = time_stamp ... )

• Operands time_stamp2 and time_stamp1 of the function
  utclong_diff( high = time_stamp2 low = time_stamp1 )

• Functional operand positions in statements for time stamps

• Operand time_stamp of the statement
  CONVERT UTCLONG time_stamp TIME ZONE tz INTO ...

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Example

Specifies a functional method call and a time stamp function as arguments of the time stamp function utclong_diff.

DATA ts TYPE timestampl. 
GET TIME STAMP FIELD ts. 

cl_demo_output=>display( 
  utclong_diff( 
    low =  cl_abap_tstmp=>tstmp2utclong( timestamp =  ts ) 
    high = utclong_add( val = utclong_current( ) 
                        hours = 1 ) ) ).