Difference between revisions of "DTOS()"

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Revision as of 15:05, 27 October 2009


Purpose

Function to perform date to string conversion


Syntax

DTOS(<expD> | <expT>)


See Also

AMPM(), CDOW(), CMONTH(), CTOD(), CTOT(), DATE(), DATETIME(), DAY(), DAYS(), DMY(), DOW(), DTOC(), DTOM(), DTOV(), ELAPTIME(), EMPTY(), EPOCH(), GOMONTH(), HOUR(), HOURS(), LTOS(), MDY(), MINUTE(), MINUTES(), MONTH(), MTOD(), MTOS(), QUARTER(), SEC(), SECONDS(), SECS(), SET CENTURY, SET DATE, SET EPOCH, SET HOURS, SET MARK, SET SECONDS, SET VAXTIME, STOD(), STR(), TIME(), TIMESTAMP(), TSTRING(), TTOC(), TTOD(), TYPE(), VAL(), VALIDTIME(), VTOD(), WEEK(), YEAR()


Description

The DTOS() function converts the date expression <expD> or date part of the datetime expression <expT> to a character string in the format "YYYYMMDD". This function is particularly useful when creating indexes with mixed data types. The SET DATE, SET MARK and SET CENTURY settings have no effect on this function.


Example

? dtos({02/29/2004})
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? dtos({02/29/2004 11:18:54 PM})
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store dtos({02/29/2004})to m_date
? m_date
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? type("m_date")
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Products

Recital Database Server, Recital Mirage Server, Recital Terminal Developer