====== Time and Date Output Formatting ======

 
==== Description ====
 
You can format the output of heading and footing time and date information in the same way you can specify time and date display in a window, by including a output format specification. Use any format code that you would use at a window prompt (or in the BASIC+ OConv statement).

The general syntax for formatting the time and date display is:

<code>
Heading "text 'option[,format]'"
</code>

where //format// is any format specification such as "D2/", "MT", etc. For details on what formats you can use, refer to the OConv statement in Chapter 3: BASIC+ Command Reference.


For example, the format "D4." produces output in the format "mm.dd.yyyy". So, to specify a footing that contains a date in that format, you would include that argument after a comma that immediately follows the T, D, or TD //option// value.

<code>
Heading "Output date: 'D,D4.'"
</code>

This would produce the heading

<code>
Output date: 09.30.1992
</code>

==== Examples ====

This is an example of a command using a heading.clause.  Below are examples of report headings created by using a heading.clause.

Example:
<code>
Heading "Invoices Sorted by INV_NO'L'As of 'DL'"
</code>

Output:
<code>
Invoices Sorted by INV_NO
As of 01 JAN 1991
</code>

Example:
<code>
Heading "Invoices Sorted by INV_NO'S10'Page 'PL'As of 'T'"
</code>

Output:
<code>
Invoices Sorted by INV_NO     Page 1
As of 09:00:00 01 JAN 1991
</code>

Example:
<code>
Heading "Today's report for table 'FL'Page 'PP'"
</code>

Output:
<code>
Today's report for table INVOICES
Page  1
</code>