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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153346" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03030204.xhp" name="Second Function [Runtime]">Second Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156023" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Returns an integer that represents the seconds of the serial time number that is generated by the TimeSerial or the TimeValue function.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147264" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146795" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Second (Number)</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150792" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154140" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Integer</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156280" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph>
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<emph>Number:</emph> Numeric expression that contains the serial time number that is used to calculate the number of seconds.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3125864" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">This function is the opposite of the <emph>TimeSerial</emph> function. It returns the seconds of a serial time value that is generated by the <emph>TimeSerial</emph> or <emph>TimeValue</emph> functions. For example, the expression:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153951" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">Print Second(TimeSerial(12,30,41))</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151117" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">returns the value 41.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147426" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="12">Example:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156441" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">MsgBox "The exact second of the current time is "&amp; Second( Now )</paragraph>
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