Built-in Functions › DATETIMX

DATETIMX

Purpose

Returns a 26-byte external date-time stamp as an 8-byte date-time internal binary stamp.

Syntax

►►────┬─ DATE-TIME-EXTERNAL ──┬────────── (date-time-stamp) ──────────────────►◄
      ├─ DATETIMX ────────────┤
      └─ DTEX ────────────────┘

Parameter

date-time-stamp

Specifies the 26-byte date-time-stamp to convert to an 8-byte binary date-time-stamp.

date-time-stamp can be one of the following:

• A string literal enclosed in quotation marks in the format CCYY-MM-DD-HH.MM.SS.NNNNNN
• The name of a user-defined variable containing the date-time string

Example

In the following example, the DATETIMX function converts a 26-byte string date-time, with the format CCYY-MM-DD-HH.MM.SS.NNNNNN, to an 8-byte binary value:

Initial value:
    DT-FIELD: '2007-08-01-15.37.11.876526'

Statement:
    MOVE DATETIMX(DT-FIELD)  TO   DATE-TIME-BINARY

Returned value:
    x0165DB0DBA7D5FEE