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Function documentation Conversion Routine RSDAT  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

Converts a date in an external format into the internal format.

Features

First, the system tries to convert the date in accordance with the user settings (System  →  User Profile  →  Own Data  →  Fixed Values  →  Date Format). If the system cannot perform the conversion in this way, it automatically tries to identify the format.

Valid formats:

DD.MM:YYYY

MM/DD/YYYY

MM-DD-YYYY

YYYY.MM.DD

YYYY/MM/DD

YYYY-MM-DD

For automatic recognition, the year has to be in four-digit format. If the date is specified as 14.4.72, this is not unique and can cause errors.

Note

Note: If the system can sensibly specify a date from the format in the user settings, this conversion is performed.

In this example, if the format in the user settings is DD.MM.YYYY, the date is converted to 19720414, since the system conversion recognizes the date.

Example

Conversion from an external format into an internal format:

4/14/1972  → 19710414

 

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