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Chapter 12: DataBlade API Function Descriptions
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mi_date_to_binary()
The
mi_date_to_binary()
function converts a string of the built-in
date
data type to internal (binary) representation, and it converts from the processing locale to the target locale if necessary.
Syntax
mi_date *mi_date_to_binary(
date_string
)
mi_lvarchar *date_string;
date_string
is the variable-length string representation of the
date
value.
Valid in Client Application?
Valid in Server Routine?
Yes
Yes
Return Values
A pointer to an
mi_date
structure containing the binary representation of the input date string.
Related Topics
For additional information, see the descriptions of the following functions:
mi_datetime_to_binary()
,
mi_money_to_binary()
,
mi_decimal_to_binary()
,
mi_binary_to_date()
,
mi_binary_to_datetime()
,
mi_binary_to_money()
, and
mi_binary_to_decimal()
.
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