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Date & Time Functions
Date & Time Functions
ADays | Returns an array with the days names |
AddMonth | Adds or subtracts months to/from a date |
AMonths | Returns an array with the months names |
BOM | Beginning date Of Month of given date |
BOQ | Date of beginning Of quarter containing given date |
BOY | Date to find first day of year, default is DATE() |
CDoW | Converts a date to the day of week |
CMonth | Return the name of the month |
CToD | Converts a character string to a date expression |
CToDoW | Convert name of day of the week to its ordinal number |
CToMonth | Convert name of month to its ordinal number |
Date | Return the Current OS Date |
Day | Return the numeric day of the month |
Days | Convert elapsed seconds into days |
DaysInMonth | Returns the number of days in month |
DaysToMonth | Total number of days from first of Jan to beginning of nMonth |
DMY | Returns the date as a string in DD Month YY format |
DoW | Value for the day of week |
DOY | Determines the day of the year for a specific date |
DToC | Date to character conversion |
DToS | Date to string conversion |
ElapTime | Calculates elapted time |
EOM | End Of Month |
EOQ | Date of end of quarter |
EOY | Last date Of Year |
IsLeap | Tests if a specific year is a leap year |
IsLeapYear | Checks if the given date is a leap year |
LastDayOM | Determines the number of days in a month |
MDY | Returns the date as a string in Month DD, YY or Month DD, YYYY |
Month | Converts a date expression to a month value |
NToCDoW | Find day name by num of day |
NToCMonth | Find a month name by the number of month |
Quarter | Returns a number equal to the quarter in which a date falls |
Seconds | Returns the number of elapsed seconds past midnight |
Secs | Return the number of seconds from the system date |
SecToTime | Converts seconds into a time string |
Time | Returns the system time as a string |
TimeValid | Determines whether a specified time is valid |
TimeToSec | Calculates the seconds since midnight |
WaitPeriod | Pauses a specified time in increments of 1/100 seconds |
Week | Returns the calendar week a number |
WOY | Gets the week number of the year |
Year | Converts the year portion of a date into a numeric value |
Month()
MONTH()
Converts a date expression to a month value
Syntax
MONTH(<dDate>) --> nMonth
Arguments
<dDate> Any valid date expression
Returns
<nMonth> Corresponding number of the month in the year, ranging from 0 to 12
Description
This function returns a number that represents the month of a given date expression <dDate>. If a NULL date (CTOD(”)) is passed to the function, the value of the function will be 0.
Examples
? Month( Date() )
Compliance
Clipper
Platforms
All
Files
Library is rtl
Seealso
CDOW(), DOW(), YEAR(), CMONTH()
Day()
DAY()
Return the numeric day of the month.
Syntax
DAY(<cDate>) --> nMonth
Arguments
<cDate> Any valid date expression.
Returns
<nMonth> Numeric value of the day of month.
Description
This function returns the numeric value of the day of month from a date.
Examples
? Day( Date() ) ? Day( Date() + 6325 )
Compliance
Clipper
Platforms
All
Files
Library is rtl
Seealso
CTOD(), DTOS(), DTOC(), DATE(), MONTH(), CMONTH()
Date()
DATE()
Return the Current OS Date
Syntax
DATE() --> dCurDate
Arguments
None
Returns
<dCurDate> Current system date.
Description
This function returns the current system date.
Examples
? Date()
Tests
? "Today is ",Day(Date())," of ",cMonth(Date())," of ",Year(Date())
Compliance
Clipper
Platforms
All
Files
Library is rtl
Seealso
CTOD(), DTOS(), DTOC(), DAY(), MONTH(), CMONTH()
CDoW()
CDOW()
Converts a date to the day of week
Syntax
CDOW(<dDate>) --> cDay
Arguments
<dDate> Any date expression.
Returns
<cDay> The current day of week.
Description
This function returns a character string of the day of the week, from a date expression <dDate> passed to it. If a NULL date is passed to the function, the value of the function will be a NULL byte.
Examples
? CDOW( Date() ) IF CDOW( Date() + 10 ) == "Sunday" ? "This is a sunny day." ENDIF
Compliance
Clipper
Platforms
All
Files
Library is rtl
Seealso
DAY(), DOW(), DATE(), CMONTH()
C5_CMONTH
CMONTH() Convert a date to a character month name ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Syntax CMONTH(<dDate>) --> cMonth Arguments <dDate> is the date value to convert. Returns CMONTH() returns the name of the month as a character string from a date value with the first letter uppercase and the rest of the string lowercase. For a null date value, CMONTH() returns a null string (""). Description CMONTH() is a date conversion function useful for creating formatted date strings that can be used in reports, labels, or screens. Examples . These examples illustrate CMONTH(): ? CMONTH(DATE()) // Result: September ? CMONTH(DATE() + 45) // Result: October ? CMONTH(CTOD("12/01/94")) // Result: December ? SUBSTR(CMONTH(DATE()), 1, 3) +; STR(DAY(DATE())) // Result: Sep 1 Files Library is CLIPPER.LIB.
See Also: CDOW() DATE() DAY() MONTH() YEAR()
C5 Data Manipulation Functions
Array :
AADD() :
Add a new element to the end of an array
AADD( <aTarget>, <expValue> ) --> Value
ACLONE() :
Duplicate a nested or multidimensional array
ACLONE( <aSource> ) --> aDuplicate
ACOPY() :
Copy elements from one array to another
ACOPY( <aSource>, <aTarget>, [ <nStart> ], [ <nCount> ], [ <nTargetPos> ] ) --> aTarget
ADEL() :
Delete an array element
ADEL( <aTarget>, <nPosition> ) --> aTarget
ADIR()* :
Fill a series of arrays with directory information
ADIR([ <cFilespec> ], [ <aFilenames> ], [ <aSizes> ], [ <aDates> ], [ <aTimes> ], [ <aAttributes> ] ) --> nFiles
AEVAL() :
Execute a code block for each element in an array
AEVAL( <aArray>, <bBlock>, [ <nStart> ], [ <nCount> ] ) --> aArray
AFILL() :
Fill an array with a specified value
AFILL( <aTarget>, <expValue>, [ <nStart> ], [ <nCount> ] )
--> aTarget
AINS() :
Insert a NIL element into an array
AINS( <aTarget>, <nPosition> ) --> aTarget
ARRAY() :
Create an uninitialized array of specified length
ARRAY( <nElements> [, <nElements>...] ) --> aArray
ASCAN() :
Scan an array for a value or until a block returns (.T.)
ASCAN( <aTarget>, <expSearch>, [ <nStart> ], [ <nCount> ] )
--> nStoppedAt
ASIZE() :
Grow or shrink an array
ASIZE( <aTarget>, <nLength> ) --> aTarget
ASORT() :
Sort an array
ASORT( <aTarget>, [ <nStart> ], [ <nCount> ], [ <bOrder> ] )
--> aTarget
ATAIL() :
Return value of the highest numbered (last) element of an array
ATAIL( <aArray> ) --> Element
Common :
EMPTY() :
Determine if the result of an expression is empty
EMPTY( <exp> ) --> lEmpty
LEN() :
Return the length of a character string or array size
LEN( <cString> | <aArray> ) --> nCount
MAX() :
Return the larger of two numeric or date values
MAX( <nExp1>, <nExp2> ) --> nLarger MAX( <dExp1>, <dExp2> ) --> dLarger
MIN() :
Return the smaller of two numeric or date values
MIN( <nExp1>, <nExp2> ) --> nSmaller MIN( <dExp1>, <dExp2> ) --> dSmaller
PAD() :
Pad character, date or numeric values with a fill character
PADL( <exp>, <nLength>, [ <cFillChar> ] ) --> cPaddedString PADC( <exp>, <nLength>, [ <cFillChar> ] ) --> cPaddedString PADR( <exp>, <nLength>, [ <cFillChar> ] ) --> cPaddedString
TRANSFORM() :
Convert any value into a formatted character string
TRANSFORM( <exp>, <cSayPicture> ) --> cFormatString
TYPE() :
Determine the type of an expression
TYPE( <cExp> ) --> cType
VALTYPE() :
Determine the data type returned by an expression
VALTYPE( <exp> ) --> cType
Date & Time :
CDOW() :
Convert a date value to a character day of the week
CDOW( <dExp> ) --> cDayName
CMONTH() :
Convert a date to a character month name
CMONTH( <dDate> ) --> cMonth
CTOD() :
Convert a date string to a date value
CTOD( <cDate> ) --> dDate
DATE() :
Return the system date as a date value
DATE() --> dSystem
DAY() :
Return the day of the month as a numeric value
DAY( <dDate> ) --> nDay
DOW() :
Convert a date value to a numeric day of the week
DOW( <dDate> ) --> nDay
DTOC() :
Convert a date value to a character string
DTOC( <dDate> ) --> cDate
DTOS() :
Convert a date value to a string formatted as yyyymmdd
DTOS( <dDate> ) --> cDate
MONTH() :
Convert a date value to the number of the month
MONTH( <dDate> ) --> nMonth
SECONDS() :
Return the number of seconds elapsed since midnight
SECONDS() --> nSeconds
TIME() :
Return the system time
TIME() --> cTimeString
YEAR() :
Convert a date value to the year as a numeric value
YEAR( <dDate> ) --> nYear
Numeric :
ABS() :
Return the absolute value of a numeric expression
ABS( <nExp> ) --> nPositive
BIN2I() :
Convert a 16-bit signed integer to a numeric value
BIN2I( <cSignedInt> ) --> nNumber
BIN2L() :
Convert a 32-bit signed integer to a numeric value
BIN2L( <cSignedInt> ) --> nNumber
BIN2W() :
Convert a 16-bit unsigned integer to a numeric value
BIN2W( <cUnsignedInt> ) --> nNumber
EXP() :
Calculate e**x
EXP( <nExponent> ) --> nAntilogarithm
INT() :
Convert a numeric value to an integer
INT( <nExp> ) --> nInteger
I2BIN() :
Convert a numeric to a 16-bit binary integer
I2BIN( <nInteger> ) --> cBinaryInteger
LOG() :
Calculate the natural logarithm of a numeric value
LOG( <nExp> ) --> nNaturalLog
L2BIN() :
Convert a numeric value to a 32-bit binary integer
L2BIN( <nExp> ) --> cBinaryInteger
MOD()* :
Return dBASE III PLUS modulus of two numbers
MOD( <nDividend>, <nDivisor> ) --> nRemainder
ROUND() :
Return a value rounded to a specified number of digits
ROUND( <nNumber>, <nDecimals> ) --> nRounded
SQRT() :
Return the square root of a positive number
SQRT( <nNumber> ) --> nRoot
VAL() :
Convert a character number to numeric type
VAL( <cNumber> ) --> nNumber
String & Memo :
ALLTRIM() :
Remove leading and trailing spaces from character string
ALLTRIM( <cString> ) --> cTrimString
ASC() :
Convert a character to its ASCII value
ASC( <cExp> ) --> nCode
AT() :
Return the position of a substring within a string
AT( <cSearch>, <cTarget> ) --> nPosition
CHR() :
Convert an ASCII code to a character value
CHR( <nCode> ) --> cChar
HARDCR() :
Replace all soft CRs with hard CRs
HARDCR( <cString> ) --> cConvertedString
ISALPHA() :
Determine if the leftmost character is alphabetic
ISALPHA( <cString> ) --> lBoolean
ISDIGIT() :
Determine if the leftmost character is a digit
ISDIGIT( <cString> ) --> lBoolean
ISLOWER() :
Determine if the leftmost character is a lower case letter
ISLOWER( <cString> ) --> lBoolean
ISUPPER() :
Determine if the leftmost character is upper case
ISUPPER( <cString> ) --> lBoolean
LEFT() :
Extract a substring beginning with the first character
LEFT( <cString>, <nCount> ) --> cSubString
LOWER() :
Convert uppercase characters to lowercase
LOWER( <cString> ) --> cLowerString
LTRIM() :
Remove leading spaces from a character string
LTRIM( <cString> ) --> cTrimString
MEMOEDIT() :
Display or edit character strings and memo fields
MEMOEDIT( [ <cString> ], [ <nTop> ], [ <nLeft> ], [ <nBottom> ], [ <nRight> ], [ <lEditMode> ], [ <cUserFunction> ], [ <nLineLength> ], [ <nTabSize> ], [ <nTextBufferRow> ], [ <nTextBufferColumn> ], [ <nWindowRow> ], [ <nWindowColumn> ] ) --> cTextBuffer
MEMOLINE() :
Extract a line of text from character string or memo field
MEMOLINE( <cString>, [ <nLineLength> ], [ <nLineNumber> ], [ <nTabSize> ], [ <lWrap> ] ) --> cLine
MEMOREAD() :
Return the contents of a disk file as a character string
MEMOREAD( <cFile> ) --> cString
MEMOTRAN() :
Replace carriage return/line feeds in character strings
MEMOTRAN( <cString>, [ <cReplaceHardCR> ], [ <cReplaceSoftCR> ] ) --> cNewString
MEMOWRIT() :
Write a character string or memo field to a disk file
MEMOWRIT( <cFile>, <cString> ) --> lSuccess
MLCOUNT() :
Count the lines in a character string or memo field
MLCOUNT( <cString>, [ <nLineLength> ], [ <nTabSize> ],
[ <lWrap> ] ) --> nLines
MLCTOPOS() :
Return byte position based on line and column position
MLCTOPOS( <cText>, <nWidth>, <nLine>, <nCol>, [ <nTabSize> ], [ <lWrap> ] ) --> nPosition
MLPOS() :
Determine the position of a line in a memo field
MLPOS( <cString>, <nLineLength>, <nLine>, [ <nTabSize> ], [ <lWrap> ] ) --> nPosition
MPOSTOLC() :
Return line and column position based on byte position
MPOSTOLC( <cText>, <nWidth>, <nPos>, [ <nTabSize> ], [ <lWrap> ] ) --> aLineColumn
RAT() :
Return the position of the last occurrence of a substring
RAT( <cSearch>, <cTarget> ) --> nPosition
REPLICATE() :
Return a string repeated a specified number of times
REPLICATE( <cString>, <nCount> ) --> cRepeatedString
RIGHT() :
Return a substring beginning with rightmost character
RIGHT( <cString>, <nCount> ) --> cSubString
RTRIM() :
Remove trailing spaces from a character string
RTRIM( <cString> ) --> cTrimString
SET EXACT* :
Toggle exact matches for character strings
SET EXACT on | OFF | <xlToggle>
SOUNDEX() :
Convert a character string to soundex form
SOUNDEX( <cString> ) --> cSoundexString
SPACE() :
Return a string of spaces
SPACE( <nCount> ) --> cSpaces
STR() :
Convert a numeric expression to a character string
STR( <nNumber>, [ <nLength> ], [ <nDecimals> ] ) --> cNumber
STRTRAN() :
Search and replace characters within a character string
STRTRAN( <cString>, <cSearch>, [ <cReplace> ],
[ <nStart> ], [ <nCount> ] ) --> cNewString
STUFF() :
Delete and insert characters in a string
STUFF( <cString>, <nStart>, <nDelete>, <cInsert> ) --> cNewString
SUBSTR() :
Extract a substring from a character string
SUBSTR( <cString>, <nStart>, [ <nCount> ] ) --> cSubstring
TRIM() :
Remove trailing spaces from a character string
TRIM( <cString> ) --> cTrimString
UPPER() :
Convert lowercase characters to uppercase
UPPER( <cString> ) --> cUpperString