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parseLocalDateTimeExpression() Operation


Syntax


set aDateTime = aString.parseLocalDateTimeExpression(aFormat);


Semantics

parseLocalDateTimeExpression()initializes a DateTime object from a string using the given format expression. The format expression is a string with placeholders for date/time variables (see 

Date and Time Formatting

). The time zone is always the local one. If the string does not match with the given format, an exception will be thrown.

Substitutables

aDateTime

Can be any variable or object attribute having the type DateTime.

aFormat

Can be any variable or object attribute having the type String. The formatting rules can be found in

Date and Time Formatting

.

aString

Can be any variable or object attribute having the type String

Examples


set aDateTime = aString.parseLocalDateTimeExpression("%D %H");