Library: Date and time functions (OMDATE) Include: omdate.xin

Return type: String Returns: Returns the specified date in standard ARPA/Internet RFC-822 format.

Declaration

define string function ymdhms-to-arpadate value string  ymdhms

Argument definitions

ymdhms

a date in "YYYYMMDDhhmmss+ZHZM" format.

This function takes a date/time in "YYYYMMDDhhmmss+ZHZM" format and returns it in standard ARPA/Internet RFC-822 format.

Example:

  include "omdate.xin"
  process
     output "Current date and time, in ARPA format = " 
     || ymdhms-to-arpadate now-as-ymdhms 
     || "%n"
  ; The result of this program on February 19, 2001:
  ;      Current date and time, in ARPA format = Mon, 19 Feb 2001 13:51:39 -0500

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