$Sir_DateFmt
<section begin="desc" />Validate datetime format<section end="desc" />
Most Sirius $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. The OO equivalent for the $Sir_DateFmt function is to be entered.
The $Sir_DateFmt function expects a datetime format string and returns the value 1 if the datetime format is valid, else the value 0.
Syntax
<section begin="syntax" /> %tst = $Sir_DateFmt(fmt) <section end="syntax" />
where
fmt | datetime format string. Refer to for an explanation of valid datetime format strings. |
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%tst | set to 1 if fmt is a valid datetime format string, otherwise set to 0. |
For example, the following fragment prints the string Good:
%X = $Sir_DateFmt('CYYDDDHHMISSXXX') IF %X = 1 THEN PRINT 'Good' ELSE PRINT 'Bad' END IF
This $function has no error conditions.