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Работа с форматами данных

01.01.2007

Each function listed below sets or retrieves date or time, or decodes/encodes date and time into or from a timestamp.

DbiBcdFromFloat:

Converts FLOAT data to binary coded decimal (BCD) format.

DbiBcdToFloat:

Converts binary coded decimal (BCD) data to FLOAT format.

DbiDateDecode:

Decodes DBIDATE into separate month, day and year components.

DbiDateEncode:

Encodes separate date components into date for use by DbiPutField and other functions.

DbiGetDateFormat:

Gets the date format for the current session.

DbiGetNumberFormat:

Gets the number format for the current session.

DbiGetTimeFormat:

Gets the time format for the current session.

DbiSetDateFormat:

Sets the date format for the current session.

DbiSetNumberFormat:

Sets the number format for the current session.

DbiSetTimeFormat:

Sets the time format for the current session.

DbiTimeDecode:

Decodes time into separate components (hours, minutes, milliseconds).

DbiTimeEncode:

Encodes separate time components into time for use by DbiPutField and other functions.

DbiTimeStampDecode:

Extracts separate encoded date and time components from the timestamp.

DbiTimeStampEncode:

Encodes the encoded date and encoded time into a timestamp.

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