 |
The Question is:
Combination Time Format (DCL),
F$cvtime("1-") yields the first day of this month.
F$cvtime("-45-") yields 45 days ago
Why can't I combine these time formats?
write sys$output F$CVTIME("1- -45-")
%DCL-W-IVATIME, invalid absolute time - use DD-MMM-YYYY:HH:MM:SS.CC format
\1- -45-\
The Answer is :
What you have specified is an invalid Absolute Time format (as the error
message indicates), and both the Absolute Time and the Delta Time that
are the required components of the Combination Time must be individually
correct. In other words, use the following:
$ wayback = f$cvtime("1--:::.-45-","absolute")
(or, minimally):
$ wayback = f$cvtime("1---45-")
The following is NOT a valid Absolute Time:
$ wayback = f$cvtime("1--45-")
Syntactically, both hyphens from the absolute time are required to remove
the ambiguity of the hyphen at the start of the delta time.
|
