PA_FormatDate

version 2003

PA_FormatDate (day; month; year; formatNum; result)

Parameter	Type		Description
day	short		Day of the date to format
month	short		Month of the date to format
year	short		Year of the date to format
formatNum	short		Format to use
result	char *		Formated string of value

The routine PA_FormatDate returns in result the string form of the date you pass in *day, *month, and *year, according to the format that you specify in formatNum.

This works like the String 4th Dimension function. Refer to the 4D Language Reference manual for more information, especially regarding the possibles values of formatNum.

Depending on default settings or on previous calls to PA_UsePStrings or PA_UseCStrings, result will be a Pascal or a C string.

Format a date value :

   char result[256]; // using C strings under Windows
   PA_FormatReal(12, 7, 2000, 7, result);
   // result is now "7/12/2000"

String.

PA_GetLastError always returns eER_NoErr