SAP CONVERT TIME STAMP ABEXA documentation, setup help and example usage

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Converting Time Stamps
This example demonstrates the statements
CONVERT TIME STAMP and
CONVERT INTO TIME STAMP .

ABAP_SOURCE_CODE
ABAP_EXEC

ABAP_DESCRIPTION
The program is given a date, a time, and a time zone and converts this information into a time stamp . The program can also include summer time in its calculations. The resulting time stamp is then converted to the local date and local time of another time zone. The following table shows several possible combinations of input and output, where spc stands for a space and - for no input or output.
date1 time1 tz1 dst1 ts tz2
date2 time2 dst2 sy-subrc
16.07.2010 09:10:00 CET -
2010-07-16T07:10:00 CET 16.07.2010 09:10:00
X -
16.07.2010 09:10:00 CET X
2010-07-16T07:10:00 CET 16.07.2010 09:10:00
X -
16.07.2010 09:10:00 CET spc -
CET - - - 12
16.12.2010 09:10:00 CET spc
2010-12-16T08:10:00 CET 16.12.2010 09:10:00
- -
16.12.2010 09:10:00 CET X -
CET - - - 12
16.12.2010 09:10:00 AUSTAS -
2010-12-15T22:10:00 AUSTAS 16.12.2010 09:10:00
X -
The third and fifth rows demonstrate that invalid summer time data produces the value 12 in sy-subrc .