DATELIB Function

Convert a Julian date to a formatted integer date.

JulianToDate(Julian_IV)

Julian_IV

An integer denoting the date in Julian form.

Description

Use this function to convert a specific Julian date to a date in the Gregorian calendar. A Julian date is the number of days that have elapsed between the specified date and Greenwich mean noon of January 1, 4713 B.C. The function returns an integer that is the date in the format yyyymmdd.

Example

    extract from JulianToDate(Julian)

        take 4 Year_IV

        take 2 Month_IV

        take 2 Day_IV

See Also

DateToJulian DATELIB Function