CA IDMS Reference 19.0

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DATEEXT

Returns a 10-byte external date stamp as an 8-byte internal binary date stamp.
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Returns a 10-byte external date stamp as an 8-byte internal binary date stamp.
Syntax

 
►►────┬─ DATE-EXTERNAL ──┬────────── (
date-stamp
) ────────────────────────────►◄
      ├─ DATEEXT ────────┤
      └─ DEXT ───────────┘
 
Parameter
  • date-stamp
    Specifies the 10-byte representation of the
    date-stamp
     in the format CCYY-MM-DD.
    date-stamp
     can be one of the following:
    • A string literal enclosed in single quotation marks
    • A name of a user-defined variable data field containing the date string
Example
In the following example, the DATEEXT function is used to convert a 10-byte string date, with the format CCYY-MM-DD, to an 8-byte binary value:

Initial value:
    DATE-FIELD: '2007-08-01'

Statement:
    MOVE DATEEXT (DATE-FIELD) TO DATE-BINARY

Returned value:
    x0165DB0000000000