STOD()
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Purpose
Function to perform string to date conversion
Syntax
STOD(<expC>)
See Also
AMPM(), CDOW(), CMONTH(), CTOD(), CTOT(), DATE(), DATETIME(), DAY(), DAYS(), DMY(), DOW(), DTOA(), DTOC(), DTOM(), DTOS(), DTOT(), DTOV(), 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, STOT(), STR(), STRFTIME(), TIME(), TIMEOFDAY(), TIMESTAMP(), TSTRING(), TTOC(), TTOD(), TYPE(), VAL(), VALIDTIME(), VTOD(), WEEK(), YEAR()
Description
The STOD() function converts the character expression <expC>, in the format "YYYYMMDD", to a date. This function needs the century included in the character string even if SET CENTURY is OFF.
Example
mCdate = dtos(date()) ? mCdate 20130722 ? type("mCdate") C mDdate = stod(mCdate) ? mDdate 07/22/2013 ? type("mDdate") D