4.3.64 ctdbDateToString

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Convert a packed CTDATE into a string.

Declaration

CTDBRET ctdbDateToString(CTDATE date, CTDATE_TYPE DateType,

pTEXT pStr, VRLEN size)

Description

ctdbDateToString converts a packed CTDATE into a string. The date is converted to string based on the DateType parameter. To convert a packed CTTIME to string, use ctdbTimeToString. Use ctdbStringToDate to convert from a string to CTDATE.

date [in] the date, in CTDATE format.
DateType [in] the date type. Valid types are listed in Section 4.1 "c-treeDB definitions" on page 4-1.
pStr [in] the pointer to the string that will result from the conversion.
size [in] the buffer size of the string.

Returns

ctdbDateToString returns CTDBRET_OK on success, or c-treeDB C error on failure.

The possible errors associated with ctdbDateToString are:

CTDBRET_NULARG: Null argument not valid in pStr
CTDBRET_INVDATE: Invalid format in DateType
CTDBRET_INVTYPE: Invalid type in DateType
CTDBRET_ARGSMALL: Buffer is too small (increase size)

See also

ctdbStringToDate, ctdbTimeToString, ctdbDateTimeToString