Setting ADDPREC
The ADDPREC
key affects not only the
inclusion of the precision for convert_date
. It also
affects whether the current date and time are used to complete missing format elements.
To get the current date and time, ADDPREC
must be set properly.
For DATECOPYOPT
, the default is no
precision, which affects the functioning of convert_date
inside and outside of xlates. For example, TPS procs.
For example, in:
convert_date ch "" ts 12
convert_date
returns 2010, which is only the current year.
If you add the ADDPREC
key, then:
convert_date -configure [list {ADDPREC 1}]
and then use:
convert_date ch "" ts 12
convert_date
returns 201001051125, which is the full date
and time.
You can also use:
convert_date -configure [list {ADDPREC 1}] ch "" ts 12
With ADDPREC
enabled, if you use:
convert_date ch "" ts 19
convert_date
returns 20100105112800-0600, the offset for
Central time.