MPE/iX Intrinsics Reference Manual (32650-90875)

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Command Definitions (FLUSHLOG-GETUSERMODE)
FMTDATE
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
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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