Display date using picture in a webservice

[terryd]

We have built a webservice in which the customer enters a code. We return a description and a date from the table.
 The table is an MSSQL table and the field is a Date field. The date displays as a Clarion Date (78000). I would like it to display a formatted date (@D10-)
Help would be appreciated

[Bruce]

create a local variable, string, put the (formatted) answer in that and return that...

cheers
Bruce

[terryd]

Hi Bruce. Yes that's what we had done. Was just wondering if that was the best way.