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For more information about error handling, see the <var>[[APPDATE command|APPDATE]]</var> command,
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[[Category:Sir2000 User Language Tools $functions]]
[[Category:Sir2000 User Language Tools $functions]]

Revision as of 21:23, 8 February 2018

Convert datetime to different format

Note: This $function require the Sir2000 User Language Tools product.

The $Sir_DateCnv function expects a datetime format string for the input string, a datetime format for the output string, and a datetime value to be converted. It also accepts an optional CENTSPAN value and an optional error control string.

$Sir_DateCnv returns the input datetime converted to the output format.

Syntax

%odat = $Sir_DateCnv(infmt, outfmt, dat, [span], [errctl])

Where:

%odat Set to the value of dat, converted from the format in infmt to the format in outfmt, unless an error is detected.
infmt Datetime format string for dat. Refer to Datetime string formats for an explanation of valid datetime formats and valid dates. Strict matching is used for infmt.
outfmt Datetime format string for function output (%odat).
dat Input datetime string.
span Optional CENTSPAN value, default is -50. Refer to Using CENTSPAN.
errctl Optional error control string, refer to Error handling control with DATE_ERR.

Example

The following fragment prints the string 19970101:

Print $sir_datecnv('YYMMDD', 'YYYYMMDD', '970101', 1950)

Error conditions

$Sir_DateCnv returns a string composed of all asterisks (*), whose length is the shorter of the length of the output date format string or 32, in the following error cases:

  • infmt or outfmt is not a valid datetime format string.
  • dat does not match infmt.
  • dat is outside of range permitted for infmt or that permitted for outfmt.
  • span is invalid.

For more information about error handling, see Errors in datetime $functions.