Caché ObjectScript Reference - InterSystems Documentation

ParametershdateThe internal date format value representing the number of days elapsed since December 31,1840. It must be an integer in the range 0 through 2980013. You can specify it as a numericvalue, the name of a variable, or an expression.dformatFormat for the returned date. Valid values are:$ZDATEValue-10123456789101112MeaningGet effective dformat value from the DateFormat property of the current locale,which defaults to a value of 1. This is the default behavior if you do not specifydformat.DD Mmm [YY]YY (01 Jul 97 or 27 Mar 2002)MM/DD/[YY]YY (07/01/97 or 03/27/2002)DD Mmm [ YY ]YY (01 Jul 97 or 27 Mar 2002)YYYY-MM-DD (1997-07-01 or 2002-03-27) - ODBC formatDD/MM/[YY]YY (01/07/97 or 27/03/2002) - European formatMmm D, YYYY (Jul 1, 1997 or Mar 27, 2002)Mmm D YYYY (Jul 1 1997 or Mar 27 2002)Mmm DD [YY]YY (Jul 01 97 or Mar 27 2002)YYYYMMDD (19970701 or 20020327) - Numeric formatMmmmm D, YYYY (July 1, 1997 or March 27, 2002)W (2) [2nd day of the week]Www (Tue)Wwwwww (Tuesday)where:SyntaxYYYYMMMeaningYYYY is a four-digit year. [YY]YY is a two-digit year if hdate falls within theactive window for two-digit years; otherwise it is a four-digit year.Two-digit month.Caché ObjectScript Reference 325