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Chapter FiveGeneral Functions (continued)

MS1900ToString Function

Overview

The MS1900ToString function converts Microsoft ‘default 1900’ type date to an ISO-8601 formatted date string.

Syntax/Parameters

Syntax

string  = MS1900ToString ( int value | string value | float value );

Parameters

value

A date numbered from January 1, 1900 as a string, float or int.

Return Value

Returns a string as an ISO-8601 date and optional time or en empty string on failure. Use GetLastError to retrieve a formatted error code.

Remarks

Certain applications employ a date counting method known as ‘default 1900’ where a date value is stored as days from January 1, 1900. There are a number of variations on this method, this version works with the 1900 basis and compensated for the leap year error in 1900.

Time values can be represented as fractions of days (except for the value as int).

The string value can be a whole number or a real number. The value is converted as appropriate and then run as an integer or as a float.

The returned date string will not have a time attached if the source does not have a fractional of a day.

Related Functions

Platform Support

Go13, Go16, GoFiler Complete, GoFiler Corporate, GoFiler, GoFiler Lite, GoXBRL

Legato IDE, Legato Basic

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