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Scalar function that converts a date value to a character string.

Syntax

DTOC(<dDate>, [<nFormat>]) à cDate

Parameters

<dDate>  The date value to convert.

<nFormat> When this optional value is 1 the date format used is yyyymmdd.

Return Values

DTOC() returns a character string representation of a date value. The return value is formatted in the current date format. The default format is mm/dd/yyyy.A null date from a DBF table returns a string of spaces equal in length to the current date format. The function returns NULL if the parameter is a null date in an ADT table.

Remarks

If you are indexing a date in combination with a character string, use DTOS() instead of DTOC() to convert the date value to a character string.

See Also

CTOD()

DATE()

DTOS()

STOD()

TTOC()

STOTS()

Advantage TDataSet Descendant

TAdsSettings.DateFormat

Advantage Client Engine API

AdsSetDateFormat