Display milliseconds

How do I create a WebI variable to display the date including the milliseconds?

Version 4.2, SP7
Source database is SQL Server 2016

I have the variable below but can’t figure out how to add the milliseconds.
=FormatDate([Date Var];“yyyyMMdd HH.mm.ss”)

Looking at the documentation, it does not appear SAP considers this level of granularity.

If Business Objects does support that level of granularity, the format is usually HH.mm.ss:sss if I remember correctly. It could also be HH.mm.ss.sss.

WebI does support milliseconds.

Format is:
24HR/military time: =FormatDate( [End datetime (EST)] ; “HH:mm:ss.SSS” )

12HR with AM/PM: =FormatDate( [End datetime (EST)] ; “hh:mm:ss.SSS A” )

Note, the format strings are case sensitive. You can adjust the SSS for your required number of places.

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That is great! How did you figure this out? I cannot find any reference to milliseconds. This should be mentioned here.

Don’t remember :slight_smile:
It’s been on my “cheat sheet” for awhile.

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Just submitted this idea…

Improved Custom Format Documentation To Include Milliseconds

Please check it out and consider voting for it.

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Haha, received a notice from SAP Customer Influence on the improvement request before I received a notice about the BOB post. :laughing:

Oh, I voted for it. :slight_smile:

Thanks, that worked.

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