Tag Archives: SET_DATE()

SP Date Functions

Posted on by vivaclipper 
 DATECALC()     Adds/subtracts days,weeks,months,years to a date
 DTOW()         Converts date to words
 STOD()         Returns date from string in the form YYYYMMDD
 WOYEAR()       Calculates week of the year (# of 7 day periods)
 DTDIFF()       Returns difference between dates
 DAYSIN()       Calculates number of days in a month
 BOYEAR()       Determine beginning of year a date falls in
 BOM()          Calculates beginning of the month date
 DOYEAR()       Calculates day of the year from date
 SETCENT()      Determines if century is on/off
 WOMONTH()      Calculates week of the month (# of 7 day periods)
 BEGEND()       Determines beginning or end of week,month or quarter
 SET_DATE()     Sets and restores date format

SP_SET_DATE

Posted on by vivaclipper 
SET_DATE()

  Short:
  ------
  SET_DATE() Sets and restores date format

  Returns:
  --------
  <nFormat> => previous SET DATE format 1-5

  Syntax:
  -------
  SET_DATE([nFormatNew])

  Description:
  ------------
  Return current SET DATE setting <nFormat> and
  optionally set to new format [nFormatNew]

  [nFormatNew] =    1  American
                    2  British/French
                    3  German
                    4  ANSI
                    5  Italian

  Examples:
  ---------
   nOldformat := SET_DATE(5)

   ** SET TO ITALIAN

   * code

   * more code

   SET_DATE(nOldformat)   // restore to prior setting

  Source:
  -------
  S_SETDAT.PRG