Formats

$N8601EXw.d Format

Writes ISO 8601 duration, datetime, and interval forms using the extended notations Pyyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss and yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss, using an x for digit of an omitted component.

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

$N8601Xw.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 duration, datetime, and interval values as character data, using a hyphen ( - ) to represent omitted components, for the following extended notations:

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

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

Examples

put nex $n8601ex.;

Value of nex	Results
00023FFFFFFFFFFC2008FFF15FFFFFFD	P0002-03xxTxx:xx:xx/2008-xx-xxT15:xx:xx
2008FFF15FFFFFFdFFFF3FF1553FFFFC	2008-xx-xxT15:xx:xx/Pxxxx-03-xxT15:53:xx