DTOV()
Contents
Purpose
Function to convert Lianja dates to OpenVMS VAXdates
Syntax
DTOV(<expD>)
See Also
AMPM(), CDOW(), CMONTH(), CTOD(), CTOT(), DATE(), DATETIME(), DAY(), DAYS(), DMY(), DOW(), DTOA(), DTOC(), DTOM(), DTOS(), DTOT(), ELAPTIME(), EMPTY(), EPOCH(), GOMONTH(), HOUR(), HOURS(), ISLEAPYEAR(), LEAPYEARS(), LTOS(), MDY(), MINUTE(), MINUTES(), MONTH(), MTOD(), MTOS(), QUARTER(), SEC(), SECONDS(), SECS(), SET CENTURY, SET DATE, SET EPOCH, SET HOURS, SET MARK, SET SECONDS, STOD(), STOT(), STR(), STRFTIME(), TIME(), TIMEOFDAY(), TIMESTAMP(), TSTRING(), TTOC(), TTOD(), TYPE(), VAL(), VALIDTIME(), VTOD(), WEEK(), YEAR()
Description
The DTOV () function converts Lianja dates to VAXdates. A VAXdate data type is a character string with a length of 23. The first 11 characters are the date in the format "DD-MMM-YYYY". The remaining characters are the optional time string of HH:MM:SS.00, which can be turned off with the SET VAXTIME command. Date arithmetic cannot be performed on VAXdates.
Parameters | Description |
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<expD> | The valid date to be converted to a VAXdate |
Example
? dtov({02/02/2000}+7) 9-FEB-2000 00:00:00.00