### DateTimeToSeconds (dateTime)

Basic and Crystal syntax.

##### Arguments

dateTime is a DateTime value.

##### Returns

Time value (in seconds)

##### Action

Evaluates the DateTime value and returns the number of seconds that have passed between 00:00:00 (12:00 midnight) and the specified time.

##### Examples

The following examples are applicable to both Basic and Crystal syntax:

`DateTimeToSeconds(#11/01/1998 11:30:15 AM#)`

Returns 41415.

##### Comments

Instead of using DateTimeToSeconds (dt), you can use:

`DateDiff ("s", #12:00 am#, CDateTime (CDate(0,0,0), CTime (dt)))`

The above expression does not use UFLs and can be more efficient.

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