A5_ANSIDATE Function

Syntax

Formatted_Date_Time as C = a5_ansidate(* date )

Formatted_Date_Time as C = A5_ANSIDATE( Time_Date as T )

Arguments

Formatted_Date_Time: A date time value in the format: "Day Mon d hh:mm:ss yyyy " ("Tue Mar 30 14:17:02 2004")
date: A date time value formatted as "mm/dd/yyyy 0h:0m:0s am".
Time_Date: A date-time value.

Description

Converts a date string to an ANSI C asctime() formatted date (Day Mon d hh:mm:ss yyyy)

Discussion

The A5_ANSIDATE() function takes a date, either as a time or character, and converts it to a string following the ANSI C's ASCTIME() format.

Example

dim t as T
t = now()
? a5_ansidate(t)
= "Tue Mar 30 11:17:55 2004"