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HCL Domino Designer Basic User Guide and Reference
Basic product usage information and programming language reference information.
Connectors
Connectors provide native access to a wide variety of DBMS products, ODBC, the platform File system, Enterprise Resource Planning systems, and Transaction Processing systems.
LSX for Connectors
LotusScript® Extensions for Connectors (LC LSX) enhances the power of Notes® by extending its scripting to data outside of Notes through the use of Connectors. The programming model is independent of the individual connector. This eliminates the need to learn each individual system, while at the same time allowing experienced users to access the individual features of a specific system.
Chapter 5 LCField Class
This chapter provides information about the LCField class methods and properties.
GetDatetime Method for LCField
This method retrieves a Datetime data type from a value in a field. If the requested data type is different from the field data type, conversion is automatically performed. If conversion is not possible, error LCFAIL_INVALID_CONVERT occurs.

GetDatetime Method for LCField

This method retrieves a Datetime data type from a value in a field. If the requested data type is different from the field data type, conversion is automatically performed. If conversion is not possible, error LCFAIL_INVALID_CONVERT occurs.

Defined In

LCField

Syntax

Set newDatetime = lcField.GetDatetime (index)

Parameters


Parameter	Description
index	Long, >= 1. Index of the field data value to be retrieved.

Return Value


Value	Description
newDatetime	LCDatetime. The value of the retrieved data type.

Example

Option Public
Uselsx "*lsxlc"  
Sub Initialize
  Dim Fld As New LCField (LCTYPE_TEXT)
  Dim vDate As LCDateTime
  Fld.Text = "10/12/1998"
  Set vDate = Fld.GetDatetime (1)
  Print "The Datetime representation of the field is " & vDate.Text
End Sub

Example Output

The Datetime representation of the field is 10/12/1998.