Informix DataBlade API Programmer's Manual DataBlade API Function Descriptions

The mi_date_to_string() function creates a text (string) representation of a date value from the binary (internal) DATE representation.

mi_string *mi_date_to_string(date_data)

mi_date date_data;

date_data

is the internal DATE format to convert to a date string.

Valid in Client LIBMI Application?	Valid in User-Defined Routine?
Yes	Yes

The mi_date_to_string() function converts the internal DATE value that date_data contains into a date string. An internal DATE value is the format that the database server uses to store a value in a DATE column of the database.

Important: The mi_date_to_string() function replaces the mi_binary_to_date() function for converting an internal DATE value to a date string in DataBlade API modules.

The mi_date_to_string() function formats the date string in the date format of the current processing locale. For more information, see the Informix Guide to GLS Functionality.

See the descriptions of the following functions: mi_datetime_to_string(), mi_decimal_to_string(), mi_interval_to_string(), mi_money_to_string(), and mi_string_to_date().

For more information on how to convert internal DATE format to date strings, see Converting Date Between Text and Binary.