rdefmtdate()

Converts a string in a specified format to the native database date format.

Syntax

mint rdefmtdate(int4 *pdate, char *fmt, char *input);

pdate is a pointer to an int4 integer value that receives the internal DATE value for the input string.
fmt points to a string containing the formatting mask.
input is a pointer to the buffer that contains the string to convert.

Table 1. Return codes
Code	Description
0	The operation was successful.
-1204	The input parameter specifies an invalid year.
-1205	The input parameter specifies an invalid month.
-1206	The input parameter specifies an invalid day.
-1209	Because input does not contain delimiters between the year,month,and day, the length ofinput must be exactly six or eight bytes.
-1212	fmt does not specify a year, a month, and a day.

The fmt string contains the formatting mask for the string.