[RBASE-L] - Re: Converting text to date or time

[Albert Berry]

My personal preference is to not retype variables, so I would go with 
your first option.
Albert

On 17/03/2012 7:35 PM, Michael J. Sinclair wrote:
Hi All,
I want to convert some text into a date or into a time
Is there a function that does that?
If not, which is better...
SET VAR vdatetext TEXT
SET VAR vdatetext = '03/17/2012'
SET VAR vdate DATE
SET VAR vdate = .vdatetext
vs
SET VAR vdate TEXT = '03/17/2012'
SET VAR vdate DATE
vs
Something else?
Mike