# TIMEVALUE

Converts a time in text format to a time in datetime format.

## Syntax

TIMEVALUE(time_text)


### Parameters

Term Definition
time_text A text string that that represents a certain time of the day. Any date information included in the time_text argument is ignored.

## Return value

A date (datetime).

## Remarks

• Time values are a portion of a date value and represented by a decimal number. For example, 12:00 PM is represented as 0.5 because it is half of a day.

• When the time_text argument is a text representation of the date and time, the function uses the locale and date/time settings of the model to understand the text value in order to perform the conversion. Most locales use the colon (:) as the time separator, and any input text using colons as time separators will parse correctly. Review your locale settings to understand your results.

• Date and datetime can also be specified as a literal in the format dt"YYYY-MM-DD", dt"YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss", or dt"YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss". When specified as a literal, using the TIMEVALUE function in the expression is not necessary. To learn more, see DAX Syntax | Date and time.

## Example

= TIMEVALUE("20:45:30")