Date() function data type?

What is the data type of the Date() function return value? I tried real, integer, unsigned integer, it does not match. The function reference in TestStand Help does not describe what is the return value data type. Please help.
Thanks

Hi Jwardojo,
The return type is string
Hoe this helps !
Regards,
Mathieu Steiner, Test System Engineer, Safran Engineering
CLD, ISTQB

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> The problem is the cfformitem does not allow
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d2 date;
t timestamp := timestamp '2011-02-15 13:14:15';
t2 timestamp;
a varchar2(10);
n real := 1;
n2 real;
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Lastly, just for grins, I created the two number functions, one with NUMBER, the other with REAL, and even these are allowed - they compile. But then at run time, it fails. I'm really confused.
Here is the apparently incorrect Oracle documentation on the matter: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B12037_01/appdev.101/b10807/08_subs.htm (see overloading subprogram names), and here are the various types and their families: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/appdev.112/e17126/predefined.htm.
Edited by: hotwater on Jan 9, 2013 3:38 PM
Edited by: hotwater on Jan 9, 2013 3:46 PM

>
So, I added a 2nd function with DATE arguments. Then I started getting "too many declarations of is_same exist" error when passing TIMESTAMPs. This made no sense to me
>
That is because when you pass a TIMESTAMP Oracle cannot determine whether to implicitly convert it to VARCHAR2 and use your first function or implicitly convert it to DATE and use your second function. Hence the 'too many declarations' exist error.
>
, so even though Oracle's documentation says you cannot do it, I created a 3rd version of the function, to handle TIMESTAMPS explicitly. Surprisingly, it works fine. But then I noticed it didn't work with TIMESTAMP with TIME ZONEs.
>
Possibly because of another 'too many declarations' error? Because now there would be THREE possible implicit conversions that could be done.
>
Hence, the fourth version of the function. Oracle's docs say that if your arguments are of the same type family, you cannot create an overloaded function, but as the example above shows, this is very wrong.
>
I think the documentation, for the 'date' family, is wrong as you suggest. For INTEGER and REAL the issue is that those are ANSI data types and are really the same Oracle datatype; they are more like 'aliases' than different datatypes.
See the SQL Language doc
>
ANSI, DB2, and SQL/DS Datatypes
SQL statements that create tables and clusters can also use ANSI datatypes and datatypes from the IBM products SQL/DS and DB2. Oracle recognizes the ANSI or IBM datatype name that differs from the Oracle Database datatype name. It converts the datatype to the equivalent Oracle datatype, records the Oracle datatype as the name of the column datatype, and stores the column data in the Oracle datatype based on the conversions shown in the tables that follow.
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INT
SMALLINT
NUMBER(38)
FLOAT (Note b)
DOUBLE PRECISION (Note c)
REAL (Note d)
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If datum between datum_low and datum_high.
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Hema

Here's how I used it.
In VC select an expression box. When creating it, ensure you have the data type DATE selected and provide a field name. If you don't select a date data type, it will not work (the default is text).
In the Data source field section, under the Expression field, select Formula, Under Date Functions select NOW(). You can also format the date
If you want to select yesterdays date, use the following formula:
DADD(NOW(),-1,'d')

Inverte - Date function in Update Rules

Hi All,
We are writing a code for converting the data into a date field using INVERTE-DATE function.
The field GDATU in the Table TCURR needs to be converted.
GDATU - Date As of Which the Exchange Rate Is Effective. This is not in proper format, hence we used the below code to converte in to a proper one.
TABLES: TCURR.
DATA: tcurr_tab TYPE TABLE OF tcurr.
data: date_normal type sy-datum.
FIELD-SYMBOLS
<tcurr_wa> TYPE tcurr.
SELECT gdatu FROM tcurr INTO corresponding fields of
TABLE tcurr_tab.
SORT tcurr_tab BY gdatu.
LOOP AT tcurr_tab ASSIGNING <tcurr_wa>.
break-point.
CONVERT INVERTED-DATE <tcurr_wa>-gdatu
INTO DATE date_normal. "move that to normal date field
write:/ date_normal. "take a normal date field
ENDLOOP.
when I check for this code... it gives us the below error message
E:Variants with INVERTED-DATE are no longer supported in the OO context.
Use TRANSLATE ... USING '1928374664738291' instead
Can anyone suggest me what could be done to solve this issue.
Thanks,
Maddy

Hi Maddy,
If you do F1 help for 'Inverted-Date' you will get the reason as:
Cannot Convert Dates
The statements CONVERT DATE and CONVERT INVERTED DATE are not allowed.
An error message occurs in ABAP Objects if the following syntax is used:
CONVERT DATE f1 INTO INVERTED-DATE f2.
CONVERT INVERTED-DATE f2 INTO DATE f1.
Correct syntax:
CONSTANTS comp_nine(20) TYPE c VALUE '09182736455463728190'.
f2 = f1.
TRANSLATE f2 USING comp_nine.
f1 = f2.
TRANSLATE f1 USING comp_nine.
Reason:
Date conversions are used mainly to influence the sort sequence in in internal tables. This function can be replaced by the additions ASCENDING or DESCENDING of the statement SORT. If required, you can easily program the nines complement yourself using TRANSLATE.
Regards,
Saba

Format the date in varchar type to mm/dd/yyyy

Hi,
I have a column originally in date format. Later on, I changed it to nvarchar and all the existing date changed to this format "yyyy-mm-dd 00:00:00". How could I update all those dates to mm/dd/yyyy format. Should I use the expression?
Thanks.

I would highly recommend you change it back to a date/time type as this is what you are storing.
MS Sql Server has MANY ways to return dates and times formatted as you want so depending on what you want to see and how you want to see it having the data as date time is infinity better. Case in point is your current predicament.
Sorting and filtering and comparisons on date/time types is more efficient and less error prone
Date/time types already have built in validation, trying to enter a date of february 30 is not possible or 27 hours etc.
You can execute date/time functions like adding a year or subtracting a month which is very useful when you start to make use of the dates/times
Writing code against databases where dates/times are stored as strings is a horrible experience that I do not wish on anyone!
I currently have to maintain a DB that was originally created by my predecessor with date and times everywhere as varchar and it is a nightmare, Don't Do It especially if you have the chance now to revert back!!! :)
-Igor

Any Date function to find date on last friday?

Hi all,
Is there any date function module to find out the date on last friday....
And one more thing....any function module to findout the range of dates for the last week...(i.e) date from last week monday to last week friday.
Thanking u all in advance.
Regards,
Chandra Sekhar

REPORT ZSN_FRIDAYTEST                          .
data: days type p.
data: date type sy-datum.
parameters: p_date like sy-datum default sy-datum.
*-- Get the last Friday
call function 'DAY_IN_WEEK'
exporting
    datum         = p_date
IMPORTING
   WOTNR         = days.
days = days + 2.
date = p_date - days.
write:/ '(Assuming Monday is the first day of the week)'.
write:/ 'Date Entered:', p_date.
write:/ 'Last Friday:', date.
*- Range of dates in last week
data: date1 type sy-datum.
data: date2 type sy-datum.
data: days1 type p.
data: days2 type p.
call function 'BWSO_DATE_GET_FIRST_WEEKDAY'
exporting
    date_in        = p_date
IMPORTING
   DATE_OUT       = date1
date1 = date1 - 7.
date2 = date1 + 4.
write:/ 'Range:', date1, '-', date2.

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