Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Web Services

DATE

Table D–2 describes the supported castings in each 4GL parameter mode (INPUT and OUTPUT) between the 4GL DATE type and XML Schema.

Table D–2: 4GL data type cast—DATE 

For this XML Schema type...	In this 4GL parameter mode...	OpenEdge...
string normalizedString	INPUT	Serializes the 4GL parameter into the SOAP request message according to the XML Schema serialization rules.
	OUTPUT	De-serializes the string value from the SOAP response message into the 4GL parameter as if the 4GL DATE( ) function was called on the string in an OpenEdge session started with the –d ymd startup parameter.
dateTime	INPUT	Serializes the 4GL parameter according to the XML Schema serialization rules, with the time assumed to be 12:00 midnight local time.
	OUTPUT	De-serializes the XML Schema value into the 4GL parameter according to the XML Schema serialization rules with the value set to the local time adjusted from any time and time zone information (which is stripped away). If there is no time and time zone information the value is stored as is. If you need to maintain the time information, use the 4GL DATETIME data type. If you need to maintain the time zone information, use the 4GL DATETIME-TZ data type.
date	INPUT	Serializes the 4GL parameter into the SOAP request message according to the XML Schema serialization rules with no time zone.
	OUTPUT	De-serializes the XML Schema value into the 4GL parameter with the date adjusted for any time zone information and the time zone information stripped away. If you need to maintain the time zone information, use the 4GL DATETIME-TZ data type.