Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Messaging and ESB

readDate function

Returns a DATE value with no time zone information from the body of a StreamMessage.

Syntax

FUNCTION readDate RETURNS DATE.

Applies to

Message objects

Notes

Time information, if present, is removed.
Time zone information, if present, is removed.
If the application might receive messages originating in different time zones, the 4GL programmer should ensure that date values are interpreted correctly.

See also

createStreamMessage procedure, writeBoolean procedure, writeByte procedure, writeBytesFromRaw procedure, writeChar procedure, writeDate procedure, writeDateTime procedure, writeDateTime-TZ procedure, writeDouble procedure, writeFloat procedure, writeInt procedure, writeLong procedure, writeLongString procedure, writeShort procedure, writeString procedure, endOfStream function, moveToNext procedure, readBytesToRaw procedure, readChar function, readDate function, readDateTime function, readDateTime-TZ function, readDecimal function, readInt function, readLogical function, readLongString function, readLongStringCP function

For more information, see the "StreamMessage" section.