STOD()

Purpose

Function to perform string to date conversion

Syntax

STOD(<expC>)

See Also

CTOD(), DTOS(), SET CENTURY

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

Products

Recital, Recital Server