mint rdatestr(jdate, outbuf)
   int4 jdate;
   char *outbuf;

jdate

is the internal representation of the date to format.

outbuf

is a pointer to the buffer to contain the string for the jdate value.

For the default locale, U.S. English, the rdatestr( ) function determines how to interpret the format of the character string with the following precedence:

1. The format that the DBDATE environment variable specifies (if DBDATE is set)

   For more information, see the IBM Informix: Guide to SQL Reference.

2. The format that the GL_DATE environment variable specifies (if GL_DATE is set)

   For more information, see the IBM Informix: GLS User's Guide.

3. The default date form: mm/dd/yyyy

0

The conversion was successful.

<0

The conversion failed.

-1210

The internal date could not be converted to the character string format.

1212

Data conversion format must contain a month, day, or year component. DBDATE specifies the data conversion format.