# SECOND

Chandra Bergmann

#### The function SECOND returns the value of the second in a Time or DateTime.

This function takes input in the form of either a Time or a DateTime. It returns a Number: the value of the second in the given Time or a DateTime.

### Declaration

SECOND(datetime) -> second
SECOND(time) -> second

### Parameters

datetime (type: DateTime)
Any DateTime.
This is what describes the second value that the SECOND function will return.
time (type: Time)
Any Time.
This is what describes the second value that the SECOND function will return.

### Return Values

second (type: Number)
The second value from the given Time or DateTime.

### Examples

example_date_and_time = { "date": {  "day": 1,  "month": 4,  "year": 2021 }, "time": {  "hour": 16,  "minute": 14,  "second": 38,  "millisecond": 0 }, "timeZone": "UTC"}

The following example takes the time described in example_date_and_time and outputs the number of seconds described:

SECOND(example_date_and_time) = 38

The above example demonstrates how the SECOND function behaves when given a DateTime as input. In order to further establish how the SECOND function behaves when given a Time as input, assume the last example has access to the following Time value:

example_time = { "hour": 16, "minute": 14, "second": 38, "millisecond": 0}

The following example takes the time described in example_time and outputs the number of seconds described:

SECOND(example_time) = 38