 the
        timestamp variable that <code class="literal">ts</code> points to.
       </p></dd><dt id="ECPG-INFORMIX-FUNCTIONS-DTCVASC"><span class="term"><code class="function">dtcvasc</code></span> <a href="#ECPG-INFORMIX-FUNCTIONS-DTCVASC" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
        Parses a timestamp from its textual representation
        into a timestamp variable.
</p><pre class="synopsis">
int dtcvasc(char *str, timestamp *ts);
</pre><p>
        The function receives the string to parse (<code class="