DTOV()

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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
<expD> The valid date to be converted to a VAXdate

Example

? dtov({02/02/2000}+7)
9-FEB-2000 00:00:00.00