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The DATE-OF-INTEGER Function

The DATE-OF-INTEGER function converts a date in the Gregorian calendar from integer date form to standard date form (YYYYMMDD). The type of this function is integer.

General Format


Syntax for General Format for the DATE-OF-INTEGER function

Arguments

  1. Argument-1 is a positive integer that represents a number of days succeeding December 31, 1600, in the Gregorian calendar.

Returned Values

  1. The returned value represents the ISO Standard date equivalent of the integer specified in argument-1.
  2. The returned value is in the form (YYYYMMDD) where YYYY represents a year in the Gregorian calendar; MM represents the month of that year; and DD represents the day of that month.

Example

The following excerpt moves the integer 16010101 (representing January 1, 1601) into dat-out: 
move function date-of-integer(1) to dat-out.
Parent topic: Definitions of Functions