ymdhms-adjust-time-zone

function

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

Returns: the adjusted date/time in YYYYMMDDhhmmss+ZHZM format

Declaration

define string function 
   ymdhms-adjust-time-zone       value string ymdhms
                           to-be value string new-zone

Argument definitions

ymdhms: a date/time in the normalized 19-character YYYYMMDDhhmmss+ZHZM format.

new-zone: the time zone to which you want the date/time adjusted in +hhmm format

Purpose

ymdhms-adjust-time-zone takes a date/time and a time zone, returning the date/time adjusted to the given time zone. The returned date/time is also in the YYYYMMDDhhmmss+ZHZM format.

Example

The following program takes a date and adjusts its time zone using ymdhms-adjust-time-zone.

  include "omdate.xin"
  
  process
     local string new-time
  
     set new-time to ymdhms-adjust-time-zone "19980416154929+0500" to-be "+0600"
     output "Adjusted time with new time zone offset = " || new-time || "%n"

Running this example will yield the following output:

  Adjusted time with new time zone offset = 19980416164929+0600

Usage Note

To use ymdhms-adjust-time-zone, you must include the following code near the top of your program:

  include "omdate.xin"

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