10 6 3 AsDateTime

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10.6.3 AsDateTime

AsDateTime will return a datetime based on the value of the string and the specified format.

If the supplied value does not conform to the required format, the application will end with a run-time error. Use the IsDatetime intrinsic to test the value before attempting to convert to a datetime.

Input Parameters

Format - Datetime format expected in the numeric variable. Allowable formats are:

     CCYYDDMMHHMMSS

     CCYYMMDDHHMMSS

     HHMMSSDDMMCCYY

     HHMMSSDDMMYY

     ISO

     Localized_SQL

     SQL

     TZ

Example

If (#string.IsDateTime(ccyymmddhhmmss)

 

#Datetime := #string.AsDateTime(ccyymmddhhmmss)

 

else

 

* Error processing

 

Endif

 

Ý 10.6 Alphanumeric/String Intrinsic Functions