This function allows to generate a date based in 3 numerical parameters, the day, the month and the year. There is 2 valid annotations, depending if the parameters are passed using arguments or attributes.

1 date.mdy

<date.mdy
    m='m'
    d='d'
    y='y'
>
    <m /> !
    <d /> !
    <y /> !
</date.mdy>

Attributes
Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
Am	number				Month
Ad	number				Day
Ay	number				Year

Arguments
Name	Type	Required	Unique	Nullable	Description
Em	number
Ed	number
Ey	number

Returns
Type	Description
Date	Generates dates

Exceptions

attribute 'd' required

The attribute has not been specified.

attribute 'm' required

The attribute has not been specified.

attribute 'y' required

The attribute has not been specified.

Example

Create a date with the MDY function, pasing the values as arguments (elements child).

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<xsql-script name='date_mdy_sample1'>
    <body>
        <set name='d'>4</set>
        <set name='m'>9</set>
        <set name='y'>2004</set>                                    
        <println><date.mdy><m/><d/><y/></date.mdy></println>
    </body>
</xsql-script>

Results:

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Example

Create a date with the MDY function, passing the values as attributes.

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<xsql-script name='date_mdy_sample2'>
	<body>
		<println><date.mdy d='4' m='9' y='2004' /></println>
	</body>
</xsql-script>

Returns:

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