addDays	Comment
Description	addDays adds the number of days that you specify to a date.
Syntax	addDays(date, number_of_days)
Return	Date
Parameters	date Specify the initial Date value
Parameters	number_of_days Enter an Integer that specifies the number of days that addDays adds to date.
Example	The following example adds five days to the specified date. addDays('2000-03-28', 5) returns '2000-04-02 00:00:00+00:00'.

addSeconds

addSeconds	Comment
Description	addSeconds adds the number of seconds that you specify to a date.
Syntax	addSeconds(date, number_of_seconds)
Return	Date
Parameters	date Date value including hours:minutes:secondsD. Specify the initial.
Parameters	number_of_seconds Enter an Integer that specifies the number of seconds that addseconds adds to date.
Example	The following example adds 30 seconds to the specified date. addSeconds('2000-03-28 00:00:00', 30) returns '2000-03-28 00:00:30+00:00'.

dayOfWeek

dayOfWeek	Comment
Description	dayOfWeek returns as Integer the day of the week for a Date expression. Monday is equal to 1, and Sunday is equal to 7.
Syntax	dayOfWeek(date)
Return	Integer
Parameters	date Specify the Date to display the chronological number of that day of the week.
Example	The following example calculates the day of the week for a given date, and converts it to an Integer. Thursday, the fourth day of the week in the year 2000 was 23 March, so dayOfWeek returns the value 4. dayOfWeek('2000-03-23 10:25:37+02:00')returns 4.

dayOfYear

dayOfYear	Comment
Description	dayOfYear returns Julian day of the year (1 January is equal to 1) from a date expression.
Syntax	dayOfYear(date)
Return	Integer
Parameters	date Specify the Date to display the chronological number of that day of the year.
Example	The following example calculates the day of the year for a given date, and converts it to an Integer. The 83rd day of the year in the year 2000 was 23 March, so dayOfYear returns the value 83. dayOfYear('2000-03-23 10:25:37+02:00') returns 83.

getDate

getDate	Comment
Description	getDate returns the date from an expression that specifies the date and time.
Syntax	getDate(dateAndTime_expression)
Return	Integer
Parameters	dateAndTime_expression Specify a Date and time.
Example	The following example returns the date from the date and time expression. getDate('2000-03-23 10:25:37+02:00') returns 20000323.

getDateAndTime

getDateAndTime	Comment
Description	getDateAndTime returns the current date and time of your operating system. If you specified a date in the RuleManager startprocess command, the Function returns this processing date.
Syntax	getDateAndTime()
Return	Date
Parameters	None
Example	getDateAndTime() returns the current system date and time.

getDateAndTimeNoUTC

getDateAndTimeNoUTC	Comment
Description	getDateAndTimeNoUTC returns the current date and time of your operating system ignoring UTC.
Syntax	getDateAndTimeNoUTC()
Return	Date
Parameters	None
Example	getDateAndTimeNoUTC() returns the current system date and time.

convertDateAndTimeUTCOffset

convertDateAndTimeUTCoffset

Comment

Description

convertDateAndTimeUTCOffset converts a date and time from one timezone to another one.

Syntax

convertDateAndTimeUTCOffset(date, timezone)

Return

Date

Parameters

date

Enter the date that needs to be converted to the new timezone.

timezone

Enter the desired timezone. The timezone parameter format is "Suh:um" where "S" is the sign.

Example

convertDateAndTimeNoUTC() returns the current system date and time.

getDay

getDay	Comment
Description	getDay returns the day of the month from an expression that specifies the date and time.
Syntax	getDay(dateAndTime_expression)
Return	Integer
Parameters	dateAndTime_expression Specify a Date and time
Example	The following example returns the day from the date and time expression. getDay('2000-03-23 10:25:37+02:00') returns 23.

getHours

getHours	Comment
Description	getHours returns the hour from an expression that specifies the date and time.
Syntax	getHours(dateAndTime_expression)
Return	Integer
Parameters	dateAndTime_expression Specify a Date and time
Example	The following example returns the hours from the date and time expression. getHours('2000-03-23 10:25:37+02:00') returns 10.

getMinutes

getMinutes	Comment
Description	getMinutes returns the minutes from an expression that specifies a date and time.
Syntax	getMinutes(dateAndTime_expression)
Return	Integer
Parameters	dateAndTime_expression Specify a Date and time.
Example	The following example returns the minutes from the date and time expression. getMinutes('2000-03-23 10:25:37+02:00') returns 25.

getMonth

getMonth	Comment
Description	getMonth returns the month from an expression that specifies the date and time.
Syntax	getMonth(dateAndTime_expression)
Return	Integer
Parameters	dateAndTime_expression Specify a Date and time.
Example	The following example returns the month from the date and time expression. getMonth('2000-03-23 10:25:37+02:00') returns 3.

getSeconds

getSeconds	Comment
Description	getSeconds returns the seconds from an expression that specifies the date and time.
Syntax	getSeconds(dateAndTime_expression)
Return	Integer
Parameters	dateAndTime_expression Specify a Date and time.
Example	The following example returns the seconds from the date and time expression. getSeconds('2000-03-23 10:25:37+02:00') returns 37.

getTime

getTime	Comment
Description	getTime returns the time from an expression that specifies the date and time.
Syntax	getTime(dateAndTime_expression)
Return	Integer
Parameters	dateAndTime_expression Specify a Date and time.
Example	The following example returns the time from the date and time expression. getTime('2000-03-23 10:25:37+02:00') returns 102537.

getUTC

getUTC	Comment
Description	getUTC returns the UTC from an expression that specifies the date and time.
Syntax	getUTC(dateAndTime_expression)
Return	Integer
Parameters	dateAndTime_expression Specify a Date and time.
Example	The following example returns the UTC from the date and time expression. getUTC('2000-03-23 10:25:37+02:00') returns 200.

getYear

getYear	Comment
Description	getYear returns the year from an expression that specifies the date and time. The year is always expressed in four characters.
Syntax	getYear(dateAndTime_expression)
Return	Integer
Parameters	dateAndTime_expression Specify a Date and time.
Example	The following example returns the year from the date and time expression. getYear('2000-03-23 10:25:37+02:00') returns 2000.

makeDateAndTime

makeDateAndTime	Comment
Description	makeDateAndTime makes a date from the parameters that you specify.
Syntax	makeDateAndTime(year,month,day,hours,minutes,seconds,utc)
Return	Date
Parameters	year Enter an Integer that specifies the millennium and century.
	month Enter an Integer that specifies the month.
	day Enter an Integer that specifies the day of the month.
	hour Enter an Integer that specifies the hour.
	minutes Enter an Integer that specifies the minute of the hour.
	seconds Enter an Integer that specifies the number of seconds.
	utc Enter an Integer that specifies the coordinated universal time.
Examples	makeDateAndTime(1998,02,28,09,10,00,01) returns '1998-02-28 09:10:00+01:00'. makeDateAndTime(2000,2,29,9,10,0,1) returns '2000-02-29 09:10:00+01:00'. makeDateAndTime(2000,02,28,00,00,00,00) returns '2000-02-28 00:00:00+00:00'.

nbDays

nbDays	Comment
Description	nbDays calculates the difference between two dates.
Syntax	nbDays(date1, date2)
Return	Integer Positive if date2 > date1 Negative if date1 > date2
Parameters	date1 Specify a start Date
Parameters	date2 Specify an end Date
Example	The following example calculates the number of days between the first date and the second date. nbDays('2000-03-28', '2000-04-02') returns 5.

nbSeconds

nbSeconds	Comment
Description	nbSeconds - calculates the difference between two times, in seconds.
Syntax	nbSeconds(date1, date2)
Return	Integer Positive if date2 > date1 Negative if date1 > date2
Parameters	date1 Specify a start Date and time
Parameters	date2 Specify an end Date and time
Example	The following example calculates the number of seconds between the first date (date and time) and the second date (date and time). nbSeconds('2005-11-03 17:07:25', '2005-11-03 17:07:27') returns 2.

Date and Time

The following tables describe the way Date and Time are formatted in DML components when used in Business Documents and DML instructions.

Century pattern

Pattern	Description	Examples
CC	The century with two digits	Reading 1999 with CC, returns 19. Reading 0999 with CC, returns 09.
C	The century with two digits or one bit while formatting date, and if it is feasible	Reading 1999 with C, returns 19. Formatting 01/31/0999 with C, writes 9. Reading 0999 with C, returns 9. Reading 999 with C, returns 99.

Pattern

Description

Examples

The century with two digits

Reading 1999 with CC, returns 19.

Reading 0999 with CC, returns 09.

The century with two digits or one bit while formatting date, and if it is feasible

Reading 1999 with C, returns 19.

Formatting 01/31/0999 with C, writes 9.

Reading 0999 with C, returns 9.

Reading 999 with C, returns 99.

When it is not specified, the default Century is the 20th.

Century flag

Use this Century pattern to support the Cobol format.

Pattern

Description

Pattern	Description	Examples
c	The Century flag, `0` for 19XX, `1` for 20XX	Reading 1999 with c, returns 0. Reading 2099 with c, returns 1.

Examples

The Century flag, 0 for 19XX, 1 for 20XX

Reading 1999 with c, returns 0.

Reading 2099 with c, returns 1.

This pattern is not intended to be used by the end user. It was only introduced to manage compatibility with the Cobol date pattern.

Year

Pattern	Description	Examples
YY	The year with two digits	Reading 01 with YY, returns 01. Formatting 1911 with YY, writes 11.
YYYY	The year with four digits	Reading 2001 with YYYY, returns 10.
Y	The year on two digits or one bit while formatting date, and if it is feasible	Reading 10 with Y, returns 10. Formatting 01/31/09 with Y, writes 9. Reading 09 with Y, returns 9. Reading 1999 with Y, returns 19.

Pattern

Description

Examples

The year with two digits

Reading 01 with YY, returns 01.

Formatting 1911 with YY, writes 11.

YYYY

The year with four digits

Reading 2001 with YYYY, returns 10.

The year on two digits or one bit while formatting date, and if it is feasible

Reading 10 with Y, returns 10.

Formatting 01/31/09 with Y, writes 9.

Reading 09 with Y, returns 9.

Reading 1999 with Y, returns 19.

When it is not specified, the default year is 2000.

Month

Pattern	Description	Examples
MM	The month with two digits	Reading 01 with MM, returns 01. Formatting 11 with MM, writes 11. Reading 15 with MM, raises an error.
M	The month with two digits or one bit while formatting date, and if it is feasible	Reading 10 with M, returns 10. Reading 09 with M, returns 9. Formatting 01 with M, writes 1. Reading 1: with M, writes 1. Reading 13 with M, raises an error.

Pattern

Description

Examples

The month with two digits

Reading 01 with MM, returns 01.

Formatting 11 with MM, writes 11.

Reading 15 with MM, raises an error.

The month with two digits or one bit while formatting date, and if it is feasible

Reading 10 with M, returns 10.

Reading 09 with M, returns 9.

Formatting 01 with M, writes 1.

Reading 1: with M, writes 1.

Reading 13 with M, raises an error.

When it is not specified, the default month is January.

While reading, if the month found is >12 or <1, the application raises an error.

Day

Pattern	Description	Examples
DD	The day with two digits	Reading 01 with DD, returns 01. Formatting 11 with DD, writes 11. Reading 32 with DD, raises an error.
D	The day with two digits or one bit while formatting date, and if it is feasible	Reading 10 with D, returns 10. Reading 09 with D, returns 9. Formatting 01 with D, writes 1. Reading 1: with D, writes 1. Reading 32 with D, raises an error.

Pattern

Description

Examples

The day with two digits

Reading 01 with DD, returns 01.

Formatting 11 with DD, writes 11.

Reading 32 with DD, raises an error.

The day with two digits or one bit while formatting date, and if it is feasible

Reading 10 with D, returns 10.

Reading 09 with D, returns 9.

Formatting 01 with D, writes 1.

Reading 1: with D, writes 1.

Reading 32 with D, raises an error.

When it is not specified, the default day is the 1st.

While reading, if the day found is >31 or <1, the application raises an error.

Hours

Pattern	Description	Examples
hh	The hours with two digits	Reading 01 with hh, returns 01. Formatting 11 with hh, writes 11. Reading 24 with hh, raises an error.
h	The hours with two digits or one bit while formatting date, and if it is feasible	Reading 10 with h, returns 10. Reading 09 with h, returns 9. Formatting 01 with h, writes 1. Reading 1: with h, returns 1. Reading 24 with h, raises an error.

Pattern

Description

Examples

The hours with two digits

Reading 01 with hh, returns 01.

Formatting 11 with hh, writes 11.

Reading 24 with hh, raises an error.

The hours with two digits or one bit while formatting date, and if it is feasible

Reading 10 with h, returns 10.

Reading 09 with h, returns 9.

Formatting 01 with h, writes 1.

Reading 1: with h, returns 1.

Reading 24 with h, raises an error.

When it is not specified, the default hour is 0h.

While reading, if the hour found is >23 or <0, the application raises an error.

Minutes

Pattern	Description	Examples
mm	The minutes with two digits	Reading 01 with mm, returns 01. Formatting 11 with mm, writes 11. Reading 61 with mm, raises an error.
m	The minutes with two digits or one bit while formatting date, and it is feasible	Reading 10 with m, returns 10. Reading 09 with m, returns 9. Formatting 01 with m, writes 1. Reading 1: with m, returns 1. Reading 61 with m, raises an error.

Pattern

Description

Examples

The minutes with two digits

Reading 01 with mm, returns 01.

Formatting 11 with mm, writes 11.

Reading 61 with mm, raises an error.

The minutes with two digits or one bit while formatting date, and it is feasible

Reading 10 with m, returns 10.

Reading 09 with m, returns 9.

Formatting 01 with m, writes 1.

Reading 1: with m, returns 1.

Reading 61 with m, raises an error.

When it is not specified, the default minute is 0.

While reading, if the minutes found are >59 or <0, the application raises an error.

Seconds

Pattern	Description	Examples
ss	The seconds with two digits	Reading 01 with ss, returns 01. Formatting 11 with ss, writes 11. Reading 61 with ss, raises an error.
s	The seconds with two digits or one bit while formatting date, and it is feasible	Reading 10 with s, returns 10. Reading 09 with s, returns 9. Formatting 01 with s, writes 1. Reading 1: with s, returns 1. Reading 61 with s, raises an error.

Pattern

Description

Examples

The seconds with two digits

Reading 01 with ss, returns 01.

Formatting 11 with ss, writes 11.

Reading 61 with ss, raises an error.

The seconds with two digits or one bit while
formatting date, and it is feasible

Reading 10 with s, returns 10.

Reading 09 with s, returns 9.

Formatting 01 with s, writes 1.

Reading 1: with s, returns 1.

Reading 61 with s, raises an error.

When it is not specified, the default seconds is 0.

While reading, if the seconds found are >59 or <0, the application raises an error.

12 hours clock

Pattern	Description	Examples
xx	am or pm When xx is specified, the software converts the hours in 12 hours clock. While reading, am and/or pm can be accepted.	Reading 01am with hhxx, returns 01. Reading 01pm with hhxx, returns 13. Reading 12am with hhxx, returns 12. Reading 12pm with hhxx, returns 00. Formatting 01 with hhxx, writes 01am. Formatting 13 with hhxx, writes 01pm. Reading 13am with hhxx, raises an error. Reading 00pm or 00am with hhxx, raises an error.

Pattern

Description

Examples

am or pm

When xx is specified,
the software converts the hours in
12 hours clock.

While reading,
am and/or pm can be accepted.

Reading 01am with hhxx, returns 01.

Reading 01pm with hhxx, returns 13.

Reading 12am with hhxx, returns 12.

Reading 12pm with hhxx, returns 00.

Formatting 01 with hhxx, writes 01am.

Formatting 13 with hhxx, writes 01pm.

Reading 13am with hhxx, raises an error.

Reading 00pm or 00am with hhxx, raises an error.

While reading, if the hours found are >12 or <1, the application raises an error.

Time Zones

The following tables describe the way Time Zones are formatted in DML components when used in Business Documents and DML instructions.

UTC Sign

Pattern	Description	Examples
S or +	+ or -	With 11:42:00+01:00, S means +.

When it is not specified, the default UTC sign is +.

UTC hours

Pattern	Description	Examples
uh	The UTC hours with two digits	With 11:42:00+01:00, uh means 01.

When it is not specified, the default UTC hour is 0h.

While reading, if the UTC hours found are >23 or <0, the application raises an error.

UTC minutes

Pattern	Description	Examples
um	The UTC minutes with two digits	With 11:42:00+01:00, um means 00.

When it is not specified, the default UTC minutes are 00.

While reading, if the minutes found are >59 or <0, the application raises an error.

XML pattern

With the XML pattern for time zone, the time zone is not mandatory while converting a String to a Date.

Pattern	Description	Examples
zzzzzz	The UTC offset with 6 characters: First, + or - for the UTC sign, Then, 2 digits for the UTC hours, Then, : as a separator, And then 2 digits for the UTC minutes. While reading, it also accepts Z.	With 11:42:00+01:00, zzzzzz means +01:00. Reading 114200+00:00 with hhmmsszzzzzz, UTC offset is +00:00. Reading 114200Z with hhmmsszzzzzz, UTC offset is +00:00. Reading 114200 with hhmmsszzzzzz, UTC offset is +00:00. Reading 114200whatever with hhmmsszzzzzz, raises an error.

Pattern

Description

Examples

zzzzzz

The UTC offset with 6 characters:

First, + or - for the UTC sign,
Then, 2 digits for the UTC hours,
Then, : as a separator,
And then 2 digits for the UTC minutes.

While reading, it also accepts Z.

With 11:42:00+01:00, zzzzzz means +01:00.

Reading 114200+00:00 with hhmmsszzzzzz, UTC offset is +00:00.

Reading 114200Z with hhmmsszzzzzz, UTC offset is +00:00.

Reading 114200 with hhmmsszzzzzz, UTC offset is +00:00.

Reading 114200whatever with hhmmsszzzzzz, raises an error.

When it is not specified, the default UTC offset is +00:00.

As a shortcut:

Pattern	Description	Examples
Z	The UTC offset on 6 characters (as zzzzzz), but replace +00:00 by Z when formatting a date, or accepts Z when reading a date.	With 11:42:00+01:00, Z means +01:00. Reading 11:42:00Z with hh:mm:ssZ, returns 11:42:00+00:00. Formatting 11:42:00+00:00 with hh:mm:ssZ, writes 11:42:00Z. Reading 114200+00:00 with hh:mm:ssZ, UTC offset is +00:00. Reading 114200whatever with hh:mm:ssZ, raises an error.

Pattern

Description

Examples

The UTC offset on 6 characters (as zzzzzz), but replace +00:00 by Z when formatting a date, or accepts Z when reading a date.

With 11:42:00+01:00, Z means +01:00.

Reading 11:42:00Z with hh:mm:ssZ, returns 11:42:00+00:00.

Formatting 11:42:00+00:00 with hh:mm:ssZ, writes 11:42:00Z.

Reading 114200+00:00 with hh:mm:ssZ, UTC offset is +00:00.

Reading 114200whatever with hh:mm:ssZ, raises an error.

Time precision

The following table describes the way Time Precision is formatted in DML components when used in Business Documents and DML instructions.

Pattern	Description	Examples
.s	The fractions of sections (s) specifies the precision. It is a digit or it could be the letter s to specify the default precision which is 3. While reading, the fractions of seconds are not required and at most, s digits are accepted.	With 10:32:25.345400000, 4 means 3454. With 10:32:25.345400000, .s means 345. Formatting 10:32:25.345400000, .ss writes 225.34. Reading 25, .ss.2, is okay. Reading 25.1, .ss.2, is okay. Reading 25.123, .ss.2, raises an error.

Pattern

Description

Examples

The fractions of sections (s) specifies the precision. It is a digit or it could be the letter s to specify the default precision which is 3. While reading, the fractions of seconds are not required and at most, s digits are accepted.

With 10:32:25.345400000, 4 means 3454.

With 10:32:25.345400000, .s means 345.

Formatting 10:32:25.345400000, .ss writes 225.34.

Reading 25, .ss.2, is okay.

Reading 25.1, .ss.2, is okay.

Reading 25.123, .ss.2, raises an error.

When it is not specified, the default fraction of seconds is 0.

Separators

The following table describes the way Separators are formatted in DML components when used in Business Documents and DML instructions.

Pattern	Description	Examples
-	Minus	Formatting 10/21/2011 with MM-DD-YY writes 10-21-11.
/	Slash	Formatting 10/21/2011 with MM//DD//YY writes 10//21//11.
,	Comma	Reading 10,21,2011 with MM,DD,YY returns 10/21/11.
;	Semi-colon	Reading 10;21;2011 with MM;DD;YY returns 10/21/11.
:	Colon	Reading 10,21,2011 with MM,DD,YY returns 10/21/11.
.	Dot (period) (if it is not followed by a digit or an s, see Time precision.)	Formatting 10/21/2010 with M.D.Y writes 10.21.10.
T	Uppercase t	Reading 2010,10,21T01:33 with YYYY/MM/DDThh:mm returns 10/21/10 01 hours 33 minutes.
<blank>	space	Formatting 10,21,2010 with M D Y gives 10/21/10.
'text'	Free text can be introduced in the date format between single quotes.	Formatting 10,21,2010 08:03:20 with CCYY MM DD 'at' hh'H' mm'mn' ss's' returns 2010 21 10 at 08H 03mn 20s.

If characters other than the reserved characters are entered into the date format, they are ignored unless they are placed in between singlbe quotation marks.

Predefined formats

For compatibility with existing Business Documents, some date formats are predefined. These formats are predefined because they do not match any of the previously defined documentation.

Business Document	Predefined format	Equivalent formats
Cobol	CYYMMDD	cYYMMDD
Database Generic	YYYYMMDDhhmmsshhmm	YYYYMMDDhhmmssuhum
IDocV4 Swift Fin User TRADACOMS	HHMMSS	hhmmss
Swift Fin User	HHMM	hhmm

Variable Size versus Fixed Size

When an input string is converted into an internal date, the input string maybe shorter than the date pattern. But when you use the DML function convertToD, the string parameter should match the date pattern. For example:

1823 with pattern hhmmss is accepted and returns 18h23m0s.
182312 with pattern hhmmssxx is accepted and returns 18h23m12s.

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DML functions: Date and time

addDays

addSeconds

dayOfWeek

dayOfYear

getDate

getDateAndTime

getDateAndTimeNoUTC

convertDateAndTimeUTCOffset

getDay

getHours

getMinutes

getMonth

getSeconds

getTime

getUTC

getYear

makeDateAndTime

nbDays

nbSeconds

Date and Time

Century pattern

Century flag

Year

Month

Day

Hours

Minutes

Seconds

12 hours clock

Time Zones

UTC Sign

UTC hours

UTC minutes

XML pattern

Time precision

Separators

Predefined formats

Variable Size versus Fixed Size

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