CTOD()

Converts a character string to a date expression

Syntax

      CTOD(<cDateString>)  --> dDate

Arguments

<cDateString> A character date in format ‘mm/dd/yy’

Returns

<dDate> A date expression

Description

This function converts a date that has been entered as a character expression to a date expression. The character expression will be in the form “MM/DD/YY” (based on the default value in SET DATE) or in the appropriate format specified by the SET DATE TO command. If an improper character string is passed to the function, an empty date value will be returned.

Examples

      ? CToD( "12/21/00" )

Compliance

Clipper

Platforms

All

Files

Library is rtl

Seealso

SET DATE, DATE(), DTOS()