D365FO – AX – Convert String to Date (str2Date)

This function is used to convert the specified string to a date value. There is 2 parameters in this function :

1. _text : The string to convert to a date value.
2. _sequence : A three digit integer that describes the positions of the day, month, and year in the string to convert (day = 1, month = 2, year = 3). For example, if we want to use year, month, day, we must write 321.

Example :

static void str2DateExample(Args _arg)
{
    date d;
    ;
    d = str2Date("22/2/2017", 123);
    info(strfmt("%1", d));
}