PA_FormatDate

version 2003

PA_FormatDate (day; month; year; formatNum; result)

The routine PA_FormatDate returns in result the string form of the date you pass in *day , *month , and *year , according to the format that you specify in formatNum .

This works like the String 4th Dimension function. Refer to the 4D Language Reference manual for more information, especially regarding the possibles values of formatNum .

Depending on default settings or on previous calls to PA_UsePStrings or PA_UseCStrings , result will be a Pascal or a C string.

Format a date value :

   char result[256]; // using C strings under Windows
   PA_FormatReal(12, 7, 2000, 7, result);
   // result is now "7/12/2000"

String .