init

>>-init--------------------------------------------------------><

>>-init(fullDate--+---------+-)-------------------------------><
                  +-,offset-+

>>-init(year,month,day-+---------+--------------------------------)----><
                       +-,offset-+

>>-init(year,month,day,hours,minutes,seconds--+--------------------------------+-)-><
                                              +-,-+--------------+-+---------+-+
                                                  +-microseconds-+ +-,offset-+

Initializes a new DateTime instance. If no arguments are specified, the DateTime instance is set to the current date and time. If the single [fullDate] argument is used, the DateTime argument is initialized to the date and time calculated by adding [fullDate] microseconds to 0001-01-01T00:00:00.000000. If the [year] , [month] , [day] , form is used, the DateTime instance is initialized to 00:00:00.000000 on the indicated date. Otherwise, the DateTime instance is initialized to the [year] , [month] , [day] , [hours] , [minutes] , [seconds] , and [microseconds] components. Each of these components must be a valid whole number within the acceptable range for the given component. For example, [year] must be in the range 1-9999, while [minutes] must be in the range 0-59.

If specified, [offset] is the offset from UTC, in minutes. The [offset] must be valid whole number value. The default [offset] is the current system offset timezone offset.

Class DATETIME

today = .DateTime~new    -- initializes to current date and time
                         -- initializes to 9 Sep 2007 at 00:00:00.000000
day = .DateTime~new(date('F', "20070930", "S"))
                         -- also initializes to 9 Sep 2007 at 00:00:00.000000
day = .DateTime~new(2007, 9, 30)
                         -- initializes to 9 Sep 2007 at 10:33:00.000000
day = .DateTime~new(2007, 9, 30, 10, 33, 00)