ParseDateTime Procedure |
Version 6 |
Converts a date/time string to a DateTime data type.
bRet = ParseDateTime ( bsDate, pdt )
The ParseDateTime procedure syntax has the following parts:
|
Name |
Type |
Description |
|
bsDate |
Val BString |
Date time string to be parsed - see below for details |
|
pdt |
Var DateTime |
Converted to a date/time value |
|
bRet |
Val Bool |
Return status True/False to indicate if successfully parsed or not |
The bsDate parameter can take a variety of formats. For example, the following strings contain acceptable date/time formats:
"25 January 1996"
"8:30:00"
"20:30:00"
"January 25, 1996 8:30:00"
"8:30:00 Jan. 25, 1996"
"1/25/1996 8:30:00" // always specify the full year, even in a 'short date' format
The following will display date as in Windows Explorer:
! set current date/time to dtExpired
ParseDateTime(SDate()+" "+STime(), dtExpired)