Note: The following methods can only be used in a result expression. They cannot be used in a gate condition. This is because when the code is generated it uses the target column length in its processing of the value. Therefore, these methods would not be relevant for a gate condition since there is no target column associated with it.
Special rules apply for the following method:
de_century_to_standard_date—See Date w/century to std fmt
This can only be used in a result expression. They cannot be used in a condition (gate) expression or a user procedure.
The method automatically passes into the implementation the length of the target column and uses that as appropriate when calculating the result value.
Since the target column length is passed invisibly into the method, for these to work correctly (according to expectations), they can only be used in a simple expression where the copy justify method is the only element used in the expression.