Date#

- script and chart function

Date# evaluates an expression as a date in the format specified in the second argument, if supplied.

Syntax:

Date#(text[, format])

Return data type: dual

Arguments:

Argument	Description
text	The text string to be evaluated.
format	String describing the format of the text string to be evaluated. If omitted, the date format set in the system variables in the data load script, or the operating system is used. See: Conventions for number and time formats

Argument

Description

text

The text string to be evaluated.

format

String describing the format of the text string to be evaluated. If omitted, the date format set in the system variables in the data load script, or the operating system is used.

See: Conventions for number and time formats

The following example uses the date format M/D/YYYY. The date format is specified in the SET DateFormat statement at the top of the data load script.

Example

Results

Add this example script to your app and run it.

Load *,

Num(Date#(StringDate)) as Date;

LOAD * INLINE [

StringDate

8/7/97

8/6/1997

If you create a table with StringDate and Date as dimensions, the results are as follows:

StringDate	Date
8/7/97	35649
8/6/1997	35648

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