WRTSTIME: Converting Dates to 64-Bit DEC Date/Time Format (OpenVMS Only)

How to:

The WRTSTIME function accepts a date and time in one of five formats and converts the value to native OpenVMS 64-bit DEC Date/Time format. This allows the storage of native DEC Date/Time values in data sources such as RMS files and Rdb database tables that use this native format.

Syntax: How to Convert Dates to 64-Bit DEC Date/Time Format

WRTSTIME(formatstyle, infield, output)

where:

formatstyle

Integer

Is a number from 0 to 4, from the list below, that corresponds to the desired formatting styles for infield.

0 denotes DD-MMM-YYYY HH:MM:SS

1 denotes DD-MMM-YYYY

2 denotes HH:MM:SS

3 denotes DD-MMM-YYYY HH:MM:SS.CC

4 denotes YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.CC

infield

Alphanumeric

Is the name of a field containing the user-supplied date and/or time string to be converted. The expected length of infield is determined by the formatstyle as listed below.

Format Style Number

Byte Length

0

20

1

11

2

8

3

23

4

22

output

A8

Is the field that contains the result, or the format of the output value enclosed in single quotation marks.

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