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Returns the specified date or datetime expression in month-day-year format with the name of the month spelled out.
MDY(dExpression | tExpression) |
Parameters
- dExpression
- Specifies the date expression to return in month-day-year format.
- tExpression
- Specifies the datetime expression to return in month-day-year format.
Return Value
Character
Remarks
If SET CENTURY is OFF, the character expression is returned in a month dd, yy format. If SET CENTURY is ON, the format is month dd, yyyy.
Example
The following example creates a user-defined function that returns a date with the corresponding weekday.
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SET CENTURY OFF
CLEAR
? Longdate({^1998-02-16}) && Displays Monday, February 16, 98
SET CENTURY ON
? Longdate({^1998-02-16}) && Displays Monday, February 16, 1998
*** LongDate ***
FUNCTION longdate
PARAMETERS gdDate
RETURN CDOW(gdDate) + ', ' + MDY(gdDate) | |