Second Function

Applies To
Access for Microsoft 365 Access 2021 Access 2019 Access 2016

Returns a Variant (Integer) specifying a whole number between 0 and 59, inclusive, representing the second of the minute.

Syntax

Second(time⁠)⁠

The required time⁠argument is any Variant, numeric expression, string expression, or any combination of these that can represent a time. If time contains Null, Null is returned.

Query example

Expression Results
SELECT Second([DateTime]) AS SecondValue FROM ProductSales; Returns the "Second" values of the field "DateTime" without any other information and displays in the column SecondValue.

VBA example

Note

Examples that follow demonstrate the use of this function in a Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) module. For more information about working with VBA, select Developer Reference in the drop-down list next to Search and enter one or more terms in the search box.

This example uses the Second function to obtain the second of the minute from a specified time. In the development environment, the time literal is displayed in short time format using the locale settings of your code.

Dim MyTime, MySecond
MyTime = #4:35:17 PM#    ' Assign a time.
MySecond = Second(MyTime)    ' MySecond contains 17.

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