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Set the time part from fields if they form a valid time.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlt_datetime.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
int
setTimeIfValid(
    int hour,
    int minute = 0,
    int second = 0,
    int millisecond = 0,
    int microsecond = 0);
----

== Description

Set the "time" part of this object to have the value represented by the specified `hour` attribute value and the optionally specified `minute`, `second`, `millisecond`, and `microsecond` attribute values if they comprise a valid "time" portion of a `DateTime` value. Unspecified trailing optional parameters default to 0. Return 0 on success, and a non‐zero value (with no effect) otherwise. Note that this method has no effect on the "date" part of this object.

== Return Value

0 on success, and a non‐zero value otherwise

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *hour*
| hour attribute
| *minute*
| minute attribute (default 0)
| *second*
| second attribute (default 0)
| *millisecond*
| millisecond attribute (default 0)
| *microsecond*
| microsecond attribute (default 0)
|===


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