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8.5.2.6 IfcDuration

8.5.2.6.1 Semantic definition

The IfcDuration identifies a quantity of time (or a "length" of an event occurring in time).

This lexical representation is PnYnMnDTnHnMnS, where nY represents the number of years, nM the number of months, nD the number of days, 'T' is the date/time separator, nH the number of hours, nM the number of minutes and nS the number of seconds. The number of seconds can include decimal digits to arbitrary precision.

8.5.2.6.2 Formal representation

TYPE IfcDuration = STRING;
END_TYPE;

8.5.2.6.3 References

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4 contributor(s): ArturTomczakDion MoultbSI-BotThomas Krijnen
Last change: Improve definition split (#876) * bring back headers headers were previously removed by mistake, now bringing them back * add new lines and rename the tag add the word 'short' in it * unify newlines make exactly one newline before and two after the tag * resolving typos Because bringing back headers required to go back in time to previous version, I'm now re-resolving the issues: #861, #860, #856 by ArturTomczak on 2024-07-16T16:07:28+02:00

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