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DateTimeFormat (Magic xpi 4.9)

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DateTimeFormat (Magic xpi 4.9)

Constructs an XML DateTime value or a JDE Julian Date value from an input date, time, and time zone.

Syntax:

DateTimeFormat(Date date, Time time, Alpha timezone, Numeric format)

Parameters:

date: A date variable (or a hard-coded date, such as '05/06/2008'DATE, or an expression that evaluates to a date).

time: A time variable (or a hard-coded time, such as '16:10:14'TIME, or an expression that evaluates to a time).

timezone: Time zone relative to GMT.

format (numeric):

1. YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD (XML DateTime format).

2. CYYDDD (JDE Julian format), where C is the century (0=1900 and 1=2000), YY is the year and DDD the day of the year.

Returns:

DateTime string in required format.

Examples:

XML format:

DateTimeFormat('29/04/2008'Date, '10:45:30'Time, '+05:30',1) returns 2008-04-29T10:45:30+5:30.

JDE Julian format:

DateTimeFormat('22/03/2011'Date, '','',2) returns 111081.

See also:

How Do I Calculate an XML DateTime Format?, How Do I Calculate a Julian Date?

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