YMD function [Date and time]

Returns a date value corresponding to the given year, month, and day of the month. Arguments are SMALLINT values from -32768 to 32767.

Syntax

YMD( smallint-expression1, smallint-expression2, smallint-expression3 )

Parameters

smallint-expression1 The year.
smallint-expression2 The number of the month. The year is adjusted if the month is outside the range 1-12.
smallint-expression3 The day number. The day can be any integer; the date is adjusted accordingly.

Returns

Standards and compatibility

Example

The following statement returns the value 1998-06-12.

SELECT YMD( 1998, 06, 12 );

If the values are outside their normal range, the date is adjusted accordingly. For example, the following statement returns the DATE value 2000-03-01.

SELECT YMD( 1999, 15, 1 );

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