MPE/iX Intrinsics Reference Manual (32650-90905)

Chapter 9 533
Command Definitions (MAIL-PUTJCW)
NLFMTDATE
NLFMTDATE
NM and CM callable.
Formats the date and time according to language-dependent templates returned by
itemnum s 1 and 3 of the NLINFO intrinsic.
Syntax
U16V I32V CA I16V U16A
NLFMTDATE(
date,time,buffer,langnum,error );
Parameters
date 16-bit unsigned integer by value (required)
Contains the date format returned by the CALENDAR intrinsic:
Bits Value/Meaning
7:9 Day of year
0:7 Years since 1900
time 32-bit signed integer by value (required)
Contains the time to be formatted, returned by the CLOCK intrinsic:
Bits Value/Meaning
8:8 Minutes of hour
0:8 Hour of day
buffer character array (required)
Returns the formatted date and time in a 28 byte array. Using a buffer of a
different size may produce unexpected results.
langnum 16-bit signed integer by value (required)
Contains the language ID number, specifying the formatting templates to
use. A
langnum of 0 returns the date/time string as if FMTDATE were used
(for example, MON, FEB 7, 1983 9:00 AM).
error 16-bit unsigned integer array (required)
Returns two elements: the first element is the error number; the second
element is reserved and always returns 0. The possible error number
values are:
Value Meaning
0
Successful
1 *NLS not installed
2 *Specified language not configured