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$N8601Hw.d Format



Writes ISO 8601 duration, datetime, and interval forms PnYnMnDTnHnMnS and yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss, dropping omitted components in duration values and using a hyphen ( - ) for omitted components in datetime values.
Category: Date and Time
ISO 8601
Alignment: left
Time Zone Format: No
ISO 8601 Element: 5.5.3, 5.5.4.1, 5.5.4.2

Syntax
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Syntax

$N8601Hw.d


Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the output field.

Default: 50
Range: 1 - 200
Requirement: The minimum length for a duration value or a datetime value is 16. The minimum length for an interval value is 16.
d

specifies the number of digits to the right of the lowest order component. This argument is optional.

Default: 0
Range: 0 - 3

Details

The $N8601H format writes ISO 8601 durations, intervals, and datetimes in the following forms, omitting components in the PnYnMnDTnHnMnS form and using a hyphen ( - ) to represent omitted components in the datetime form:

PnYnMnDTnHnMnS

yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss

PnYnMnDTnHnMnS/yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss

yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssT/PnYnMnDTnHnMnS

yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss/yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss

Omitted datetime components are always displayed, they are never truncated.


Examples

put nh $n8601h.;

Value of nh Results
0002304FFFFFFFFC2008FFF15FFFFFFD
P2Y3M4D/2008----T15:-:-
FFFF102FFFFFFFFD2008FFF15FFFFFFD
--01-02T-:-:-0/2008----T15:-:-


See Also

Working with Dates and Times Using the ISO 8601 Basic and Extended Notations

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