SAP ABAP Class CL_ABAP_DATFM (Internationalization and date format)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component
   ⤷ BC-ABA-LA (Application Component) Syntax, Compiler, Runtime
     ⤷ SABP_CONVERT (Package) Conversion of Time Specifications

Properties

Class	CL_ABAP_DATFM
Short Description	Internationalization and date format
Super Class
Instantiability of a Class	2	Public
Final	☑

General Data

Message Class
Program status	S	System Program
Category	0
Package	SABP_CONVERT	Conversion of Time Specifications
Created	20050118	SAP
Last change	20140121	SAP
Shared Memory-enabled	☐
Fixed point arithmetic	☑
Unicode checks active	☑

Forward declarations

#	Type group / Object type	Type	Type Description
1	ABAP	Type group use (TYPE-POOLS tp)	Type group use (TYPE-POOLS tp)

Interfaces

Class CL_ABAP_DATFM has no interface implemented.

Friends

Class CL_ABAP_DATFM has no friend class.

Attributes

#	Attribute	Level	Visibility	Read only	Typing	Associated Type	Initial Value	Description	Created on
1	EQV_CLASS	Static Attribute	Private	☐	See coding				20090828
2	FIXED_DATFM	Static Attribute	Private	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	XUDATFM		Date format	20090828
3	USE_FALLBACK_DATFM_CONV	Static Attribute	Private	☐	See coding		'-'		20091009
4	USE_FALLBACK_PERIOD_CONV	Static Attribute	Private	☐	See coding		'-'	Use previous CONV_PERIOD_EXT_TO_INT implementation.	20100126
5	VALID_DATEFORMATS	Static Attribute	Private	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	STRING		alid date formats	20050224

Methods

#	Method	Level	Visibility	Method type	Description	Created on
1	CHECK_DATE_FORMAT	Static method	Public	Method	check whether date format is vaild format	20050609
2	CLASS_CONSTRUCTOR	Static method	Public	Constructor	CLASS_CONSTRUCTOR	20050810
3	CONV_DATE_EXT_TO_INT	Static method	Public	Method	conversion external date -> internal date	20050119
4	CONV_DATE_EXT_TO_INT_FALLBACK	Static method	Private	Method	conversion external date -> internal date (old impl.)	20090828
5	CONV_DATE_INT_TO_EXT	Static method	Public	Method	conversion internal date -> external date	20050121
6	CONV_DATE_INT_TO_SHORTEX	Static method	Public	Method	convert internal date -> abbreviated date without year	20050425
7	CONV_ISL_TO_GREG_FORMULA	Static method	Public	Method	Convert from Islamic date to Gregorian date	20050901
8	CONV_PERIOD_EXT_TO_INT	Static method	Public	Method	conversion external period -> internal period	20050323
9	CONV_PERIOD_EXT_TO_INT_FBACK	Static method	Private	Method	conversion external period -> internal period	20100126
10	CONV_PERIOD_INT_TO_EXT	Static method	Public	Method	conversion internal period -> external period	20050323
11	CONV_YEAR_EXT_TO_INT	Static method	Public	Method	Conversion: External year to internal year	20070702
12	CONV_YEAR_INT_TO_EXT	Static method	Public	Method	Conversion: Internal year to external year	20070702
13	GET_COUNTRY_DATFM	Static method	Public	Method	date format of a country	20130129
14	GET_DATE_FORMAT_DES	Static method	Public	Method	date format describer	20050224
15	GET_DATE_FORMAT_DES_J	Static method	Public	Method	date format describer in JAVA standard	20050609
16	GET_DATFM	Static method	Public	Method	get the currently active date format	20051025
17	GET_DELIMITER	Static method	Public	Method	delimiter of date format	20050323
18	GET_NUM_OF_DATEFORMATS	Static method	Public	Method	Number of dateformats	20050118
19	GET_PERIOD_FORMAT_DES	Static method	Public	Method	period format describer	20050425
20	GET_VALID_DATFM_FULL_PRIV	Static method	Private	Method	get all valid date formats supported by the kernel	20060928
21	IS_VALID_DATE	Static method	Private	Method	Checks if DATE can be converted to any internal representat.	20090828

Events

Class CL_ABAP_DATFM has no event.

Types

#	Type	Visibility	Typing	Associated Type	Description	Created on	Type Source
1	DATFM_COMPAT	Private	See coding			20090828	begin of datfm_compat, datfm type xudatfm, eq_class type c length 1, end of datfm_compat

Method Signatures

Method CHECK_DATE_FORMAT Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Importing	IM_DATFM	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	XUDATFM		Datumsformat	20050609
2	Returning	RE_IS_VALID	Value transfer	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	ABAP_BOOL			20050609

Method CHECK_DATE_FORMAT on class CL_ABAP_DATFM has no exception.

Method CLASS_CONSTRUCTOR Signature

Method CLASS_CONSTRUCTOR on class CL_ABAP_DATFM has no parameter.
Method CLASS_CONSTRUCTOR on class CL_ABAP_DATFM has no exception.

Method CONV_DATE_EXT_TO_INT Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Exporting	EX_DATFMUSED	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	XUDATFM		Für Konvertierung verwendetes Datumsformat	20050120
2	Exporting	EX_DATINT	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	D		externe Darstellung des Datums	20050120
3	Importing	IM_DATEXT	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	CSEQUENCE		interne Darstellung des Datums	20050120
4	Importing	IM_DATFMDES	Call by reference	☑	Type reference (TYPE)	XUDATFM		Für Konvertierung gewünschtes Datumsformat	20050120

#	Exception	Resumable	Description	Created on
1	CX_ABAP_DATFM_AMBIGUOUS	☐		20050124
2	CX_ABAP_DATFM_FORMAT_UNKNOWN	☐		20050124
3	CX_ABAP_DATFM_INVALID_DATE	☐		20050124
4	CX_ABAP_DATFM_NO_DATE	☐		20050124

Method CONV_DATE_EXT_TO_INT_FALLBACK Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Exporting	EX_DATFMUSED	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	XUDATFM		date format used for conversion	20090828
2	Exporting	EX_DATINT	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	D		external representation of date	20090828
3	Importing	IM_DATEXT	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	CSEQUENCE		internal representation of date	20090828
4	Importing	IM_DATFMDES	Call by reference	☑	Type reference (TYPE)	XUDATFM		date format wanted for conversion	20090828

#	Exception	Resumable	Description	Created on
1	CX_ABAP_DATFM_AMBIGUOUS	☐		20090828
2	CX_ABAP_DATFM_FORMAT_UNKNOWN	☐		20090828
3	CX_ABAP_DATFM_INVALID_DATE	☐		20090828
4	CX_ABAP_DATFM_NO_DATE	☐		20090828

Method CONV_DATE_INT_TO_EXT Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Exporting	EX_DATEXT	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	CSEQUENCE		externe Darstellung des Datums	20050121
2	Exporting	EX_DATFMUSED	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	XUDATFM		Für Konvertierung verwendetes Datumsformat	20050121
3	Importing	IM_DATFMDES	Call by reference	☑	Type reference (TYPE)	XUDATFM		Für Konvertierung gewünschtes Datumsformat	20050121
4	Importing	IM_DATINT	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	D		interne Darstellung des Datums	20050121

#	Exception	Resumable	Description	Created on
1	CX_ABAP_DATFM_FORMAT_UNKNOWN	☐		20050124

Method CONV_DATE_INT_TO_SHORTEX Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Exporting	EX_ABBRDATEXT	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	CSEQUENCE			20050425
2	Exporting	EX_DATFMUSED	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	XUDATFM		Datumformat	20050425
3	Importing	IM_DATFMDES	Call by reference	☑	Type reference (TYPE)	XUDATFM		Datumformat	20050425
4	Importing	IM_DATINT	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	D			20050425

#	Exception	Resumable	Description	Created on
1	CX_ABAP_DATFM_FORMAT_UNKNOWN	☐		20050425

Method CONV_ISL_TO_GREG_FORMULA Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Exporting	GREGDATE	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	GREGDATE		Gregorianisches Datum als reines Zeichenfeld	20050901
2	Importing	ISLDATE	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	ISLDATE		Islamisches Datum als reines Zeichenfeld	20050901

Method CONV_ISL_TO_GREG_FORMULA on class CL_ABAP_DATFM has no exception.

Method CONV_PERIOD_EXT_TO_INT Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Exporting	EX_DATFMUSED	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	XUDATFM		Für Konvertierung verwendetes Datumsformat	20050323
2	Exporting	EX_PERIODINT	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	CSEQUENCE		Interne Darstellung der Periode	20050323
3	Importing	IM_DATFMDES	Call by reference	☑	Type reference (TYPE)	XUDATFM		Für Konvertierung gewünschtes Datumsformat	20050323
4	Importing	IM_INARBITRARY	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	ABAP_BOOL	ABAP_FALSE	Period has arbitrary value between '00' and '99'	20070924
5	Importing	IM_INWEEKS	Call by reference	☑	Type reference (TYPE)	ABAP_BOOL	ABAP_FALSE		20050404
6	Importing	IM_PERIODEXT	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	CSEQUENCE		Externe Darstellung der Periode	20050323

#	Exception	Resumable	Description	Created on
1	CX_ABAP_DATFM_AMBIGUOUS	☐		20050323
2	CX_ABAP_DATFM_FORMAT_UNKNOWN	☐		20050323
3	CX_ABAP_DATFM_INVALID_DATE	☐		20050323
4	CX_ABAP_DATFM_NO_DATE	☐		20050323

Method CONV_PERIOD_EXT_TO_INT_FBACK Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Exporting	EX_DATFMUSED	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	XUDATFM		date format used for conversion	20100126
2	Exporting	EX_PERIODINT	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	CSEQUENCE		internal representation of period	20100126
3	Importing	IM_DATFMDES	Call by reference	☑	Type reference (TYPE)	XUDATFM		date format wanted for conversion	20100126
4	Importing	IM_INARBITRARY	Call by reference	☑	Type reference (TYPE)	ABAP_BOOL	ABAP_FALSE	Period has arbitrary value between '00' and '99'	20100126
5	Importing	IM_INWEEKS	Call by reference	☑	Type reference (TYPE)	ABAP_BOOL	ABAP_FALSE		20100126
6	Importing	IM_PERIODEXT	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	CSEQUENCE		external representation of period	20100126

#	Exception	Resumable	Description	Created on
1	CX_ABAP_DATFM_AMBIGUOUS	☐		20100126
2	CX_ABAP_DATFM_FORMAT_UNKNOWN	☐		20100126
3	CX_ABAP_DATFM_INVALID_DATE	☐		20100126
4	CX_ABAP_DATFM_NO_DATE	☐		20100126

Method CONV_PERIOD_INT_TO_EXT Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Exporting	EX_DATFMUSED	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	XUDATFM		Für Konvertierung verwendetes Datumsformat	20050323
2	Exporting	EX_PERIODEXT	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	CSEQUENCE		Externe Darstellung der Periode	20050323
3	Importing	IM_DATFMDES	Call by reference	☑	Type reference (TYPE)	XUDATFM		Für Konvertierung gewünschtes Datumsformat	20050323
4	Importing	IM_PERIODINT	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	CSEQUENCE		Interne Darstellung der Periode	20050323

#	Exception	Resumable	Description	Created on
1	CX_ABAP_DATFM_FORMAT_UNKNOWN	☐		20050323

Method CONV_YEAR_EXT_TO_INT Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Exporting	EX_YEARINT	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	CLIKE		Year in external format	20070702
2	Importing	IM_BY_PARAMETER	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	ABAP_BOOL	SPACE	Conversions switchable by system parameter	20080520
3	Importing	IM_DATFMDES	Call by reference	☑	Type reference (TYPE)	XUDATFM		Date format	20070702
4	Importing	IM_YEAREXT	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	CLIKE		Year in internal format	20070702

#	Exception	Resumable	Description	Created on
1	CX_ABAP_DATFM_INVALID_DATE	☐		20070702
2	CX_ABAP_DATFM_NO_DATE	☐		20070702

Method CONV_YEAR_INT_TO_EXT Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Exporting	EX_YEAREXT	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	CLIKE		External representation of a year	20070702
2	Importing	IM_BY_PARAMETER	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	ABAP_BOOL	SPACE	Conversions switchable by system parameter	20080520
3	Importing	IM_DATFMDES	Call by reference	☑	Type reference (TYPE)	XUDATFM		Date format	20070702
4	Importing	IM_YEARINT	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	CLIKE		Internal representation of a year	20070702

Method CONV_YEAR_INT_TO_EXT on class CL_ABAP_DATFM has no exception.

Method GET_COUNTRY_DATFM Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Importing	COUNTRY	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	T005X-LAND		Country	20130129
2	Returning	DATFM	Value transfer	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	XUDATFM		Date Format	20130129

Method GET_COUNTRY_DATFM on class CL_ABAP_DATFM has no exception.

Method GET_DATE_FORMAT_DES Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Exporting	EX_DATEFORMAT	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	CSEQUENCE		Characterfeld der Länge 10	20050224
2	Importing	IM_DATFM	Call by reference	☑	Type reference (TYPE)	XUDATFM		Datumformat	20050224
3	Importing	IM_LANGU	Call by reference	☑	Type reference (TYPE)	LANG	SY-LANGU	Sprachen-ID	20050224
4	Importing	IM_LONG	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	ABAP_BOOL	ABAP_FALSE	pattern plus description (ignored, if im_plain is set)	20110211
5	Importing	IM_PLAIN	Call by reference	☑	Type reference (TYPE)	ABAP_BOOL	ABAP_FALSE		20050224

#	Exception	Resumable	Description	Created on
1	CX_ABAP_DATFM_FORMAT_UNKNOWN	☐		20050224

Method GET_DATE_FORMAT_DES_J Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Exporting	EX_DATEFORMAT	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	CSEQUENCE		Datumsformat-Beschreiber in JAVA	20050609
2	Importing	IM_DATFM	Call by reference	☑	Type reference (TYPE)	XUDATFM		Datumsformat	20050609

#	Exception	Resumable	Description	Created on
1	CX_ABAP_DATFM_FORMAT_UNKNOWN	☐		20050609

Method GET_DATFM Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Returning	DATFM	Value transfer	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	XUDATFM		Date format	20051025

Method GET_DATFM on class CL_ABAP_DATFM has no exception.

Method GET_DELIMITER Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Exporting	EX_DELIMITER	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	CHAR1		Trennzeichen	20050323
2	Importing	IM_DATFM	Call by reference	☑	Type reference (TYPE)	XUDATFM		Datumsformat	20050323

#	Exception	Resumable	Description	Created on
1	CX_ABAP_DATFM_FORMAT_UNKNOWN	☐		20050323

Method GET_NUM_OF_DATEFORMATS Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Returning	RE_NUM	Value transfer	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	INT4		Anzahl von Datumsformaten	20050118

Method GET_NUM_OF_DATEFORMATS on class CL_ABAP_DATFM has no exception.

Method GET_PERIOD_FORMAT_DES Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Exporting	EX_PERIODFORMAT	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	CSEQUENCE			20050425
2	Importing	IM_DATFM	Call by reference	☑	Type reference (TYPE)	XUDATFM		Datumformat	20050425
3	Importing	IM_ISWEEKS	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	ABAP_BOOL	ABAP_FALSE	calendar weeks (instead of months) expected	20110211
4	Importing	IM_LANGU	Call by reference	☑	Type reference (TYPE)	LANG	SY-LANGU	Sprachen-ID	20050425
5	Importing	IM_LONG	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	ABAP_BOOL	ABAP_FALSE	pattern plus description (ignored, if im_plain is set)	20110211
6	Importing	IM_PLAIN	Call by reference	☑	Type reference (TYPE)	ABAP_BOOL			20050425

#	Exception	Resumable	Description	Created on
1	CX_ABAP_DATFM_FORMAT_UNKNOWN	☐		20050425

Method GET_VALID_DATFM_FULL_PRIV Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Exporting	EX_VALID_DATEFORMATS	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	STRING			20060928

Method GET_VALID_DATFM_FULL_PRIV on class CL_ABAP_DATFM has no exception.

Method IS_VALID_DATE Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Importing	DATE	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	CSEQUENCE			20090828
2	Importing	EXPECTED_DATFM	Call by reference	☑	Type reference (TYPE)	XUDATFM		Date format	20101025
3	Returning	RET	Value transfer	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	ABAP_BOOL			20090828

#	Exception	Resumable	Description	Created on
1	CX_ABAP_DATFM_NO_DATE	☐		20090831

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20140121
SAP Release Created in	700