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function toDate7Descr(number year, number month, number day, number hour, number minute, number second, string timeZone) { 
  string format = "dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss Z"; 
  desc += "Converted year " + year + ", month " + month + ", day " + day + ", hour " + hour + ", minute " + minute + ", second " + second + ", timeZone " + timeZone; 
  desc += " to date " + formatDate(toDate(year, month, day, hour, minute, second, 0, timeZone), format) + "\n"; 
}
function toDate6Descr(number year, number month, number day, number hour, number minute, number second){
 desc += "Converted year " + year + ", month " + month + ", day " + day + ", hour " + hour + ", minute " + minute + ", second " + second;
 desc += " to date " + toDate(year, month, day, hour, minute, second) + "\n";
}
function toDate3Descr(number year, number month, number day){
 desc += "Converted year " + year + ", month " + month + ", day " + day;
 desc += " to date " + toDate(year, month, day) + "\n";
}
desc = "";
toDate3Descr(2013, 12, 31);
toDate3Descr(2013, 2, 28);
toDate3Descr(2012, 2, 29);
toDate3Descr(2013, 2, 29); 
toDate6Descr(2013, 12, 31, 23, 59, 59);
toDate6Descr(2013, 2, 28, 0, 0, 0);
toDate6Descr(2012, 2, 29, 14, 15, 16);
toDate6Descr(2013, 1, 1, 24, 1, 1);

toDate7Descr(2012, 01, 20, 0, 0, 0, "GMT+2");

The created date will use the locale of the JVM. If any of the parameters are outside of the specified interval (e.g attempting to create 32 January), the routine will return an empty date, such that isNull(date) is "true".