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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


           U16V  I32V  CA
  FMTDATE (date, time, datetime);

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

Years since 1900

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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