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Date conversions in PI/XI

By Pravesh Sharma, CSC

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The standard function DateTrans has the capability of not only converting date in to
numeric formats and vice versa, but also can convert the month to a string representation.

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Following is the format conversion of the month value in the function.

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The DateTrans function not only can convert the ddMMyyyy to any other numeric format
but also can convert the month to a string representation using the patterns for month.
Following is the format conversion of the month value in the function.
Pattern

Description

MM

Represent month in numeric format like 01,02,03

MMM

Represent month in string format with a limitation on 3 character like Jan

MMMM

Represent month in a complete string format like January, February

Here is a screen shot of how a month can be converted into string representation within a
date.

12/04/2009

12-Apr-2009

Output: dd-MMM-yyyy
10/05/2009

Input: dd/MM/yyyy

May09

Output: MMMMyy
June-23-2009 Input: MMMM-dd-yyyy 23-06-2009
Output: dd/MM/yy

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