HPDATEVALIDATE

Syntax

  I32                       I32V      *          I32V
  result := HPDATEVALIDATE (datecode, inputdate, cutoff);

Parameters

datecode

is a 32 bit signed integer by value

The value should be one of the date type codes listed in the table, "Supported Date Formats" found with the HPDATECONVERT intrinsic.

inputdate

is the input date.

The interpretation depends on the value of datecode

See the table, "Supported Date Formats," for the supported date codes and their layouts.

cutoff

is a 32 bit signed integer by value (optional).

This is used in validating and converting the two-digit years to four digit ones before computing the difference. (See HPDATECONVERT documentation for more information.)

result

is a 32 bit signed integer (assigned functional return).

This value will be 0 if the inputdate conforms to the date format represented by datecode. If is is not so, its value will be positive. If an error has occurred in evaluating the conformance, its value will be negative. This return value ranges from -999 to 1.

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