*Date Data Type
*Date variables are stored as IEEE 64-bit (8-byte) integers that represent dates ranging from January 1 of the year 1 through December 31 of the year 9999, and times from 0:00:00 (midnight) through 11:59:59 PM.
*Date constants or variables used in comparisons or assignments do not have to be in the same format or use the same separators. Also, dates used for I/O operations such as input fields, output fields or key fields are also converted (if required) to the necessary format for the operation.
Date** fields have a predetermined size and format. The default internal format for date variables is **ISO .
There are two kinds of date data formats: 2-digit and 4-digit year formats. For 2-digit year formats, years in the range 1940 to 2039 can be represented. This leads to the possibility of a date overflow condition occurring when converting from a 4-digit year format to a 2-digit year format.
See the following topics for the date data type formats and * LOVAL , * HIVAL and default values.
The equivalent .NET data type is System.DateTime.
Example
For examples how to code date fields, see the examples in the following topics: