bles. In ECPG however, you cannot change the output
        format.
       </p></dd><dt id="ECPG-INFORMIX-FUNCTIONS-RSTRDATE"><span class="term"><code class="function">rstrdate</code></span> <a href="#ECPG-INFORMIX-FUNCTIONS-RSTRDATE" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
        Parse the textual representation of a date.
</p><pre class="synopsis">
int rstrdate(char *str, date *d);
</pre><p>
        The function receives the textual representation of the date to convert
        (<code class="literal">str</code