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MPE/iX Intrinsics Reference Manual

FMTDATE 

NM and CM callable.

Passes in the calendar date and time of day, in the same format as the
CALENDAR and CLOCK intrinsics, and returns it in the following format:

     FRI, JAN 27, 1989, 12:39 AM

Syntax 
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|             U16V I32V   CA        |
|     FMTDATE(date,time,datetime);  |
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Parameters 

date                  16-bit unsigned integer by value (required) 

                      Passes the date in the same format as the CALENDAR
                      intrinsic:

                         Bits     Value/Meaning 

                          7:9     Day of year

                          0:7     Year of century

time                  32-bit signed integer by value (required) 

                      Passes the time in the same format as the CLOCK
                      intrinsic:

                         Bits     Value/Meaning 

                         24:8     Tenths of seconds

                         16:8     Seconds

                          8:8     Minute of hour

                          0:8     Hour of day

datetime              character array (required) 

                      Returns the formatted date and time in a
                      27-character array.  If the day of the month is
                      less than 10 or the time is one digit (before
                      10:00), a blank precedes it.  For example,

                           FRI, JAN  6, 1989, 7:39 AM

Operation Notes 

If invalid input values are supplied, the output values returned are
unpredictable; an error status is not returned.

Related Information 

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