DMY()

Purpose

Function to return a date or datetime as a character string

Syntax

DMY(<expD> | <expT>)

See Also

AMPM(), CDOW(), CMONTH(), CTOD(), CTOT(), DATE(), DATETIME(), DAY(), DAYS(), DOW(), DTOC(), DTOM(), DTOS(), 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 DMY() function returns the specified date expression <expD> or date part of the datetime expression <expT> as a character string in the format: day, month name and year. If CENTURY is OFF, then a 2-digit year is returned.

Example

? dmy({04/04/2005})
4 April 2005
 
? dmy({04/04/2005 06:12:45 PM})
4 April 2005

Products

Recital Database Server, Recital Mirage Server, Recital Terminal Developer