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convertToDateTime() Operation


Syntax


set aDateTimeObject = aString.convertToDateTime() 
set aDateTimeObject = convertToDateTime(LITERAL)


Semantics

convertToDateTime() converts the internal lexical representation of DateTime ("CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss[.sss][Z|[+|-]hh:mm]") to a DateTime type.
If the conversion is not possible, an error message is raised (for instance: NULL strings).

Substitutables

aString

Can be any variable or object attribute having the type String. The format must correspond to the lexical representation of DateTime.  

LITERAL

String literal. The format must correspond to the lexical representation of DateTime.

Examples


set aDateTimeObject = aString.convertToDateTime(); 

For a UML example, refer to section

String Operations | id (25.1)StringOperations TypeConverterOperations

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