procedure d2clnk(VAR clunks:clunk_type;
		 VAR ascii_date:DEC_Date;
		 VAR ascii_time:DEC_Time;
		 VAR ids: integer); NONPASCAL;

{ LAST EDIT: 3-JUN-1987 16:09:30 

  This is the external declaration for the Pascal callable routine to convert
  a date and time in system date and time format to a clunk value 
  represented as a 64 bit integer. This external declaration expects that the
  file 'CLUNK.TYP' has been included at some point before this.

  How it works:
  You supply it an ASCII date and ASCII time in system date time format. Just
  like the format in the above last edit line. It will return a clunk value
  as a 64 bit integer. The ASCII date and time strings are preserved.

  Two valid "ids" statuses are possible:
   1 = success
  -3 = clunk overflow / syntax error
}