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Finance[ParseDate] - parse a string containing date information
Calling Sequence
ParseDate(date)
ParseDate(date, format)
Parameters
date
-
a string containing a date specification; date specification
format
deduce, default, or a string; (optional) date format
Description
The ParseDate command parses the string date assumed to contain date information according to the parsing specification given by the format string format. The date format can be any format specification as described in StringTools[ParseTime].
If the format string is missing, several standard date formats are tried. The first format to succeed will be used. The "standard" date formats are "%d-%b-%Y", "%d-%b-%y", "%d-%m-%Y", "%d-%m-%y", "%b-%d-%Y", and "%b-%d-%y".
The record returned by ParseDate contains slots with the following meanings and ranges of values:
monthDay
day of the month
1..31
month
month of the year
1..12
year
the year
0..9999
date format
deduce or string
Compatibility
The Finance[ParseDate] command was introduced in Maple 15.
For more information on Maple 15 changes, see Updates in Maple 15.
Examples
You can change the default file format by setting the _Env_FinanceDateFormat environment variable.
By default, the deduced date format will be used.
See Also
Finance[AddHoliday], Finance[AdjustDate], Finance[Calendar], Finance[DayOfWeek], Finance[IsBusinessDay], Finance[IsEndOfMonth], Finance[IsHoliday], Finance[JoinBusinessDays], Finance[JoinHolidays], Finance[RemoveHoliday]
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