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Joe Teff wrote: > > I discovered something about moving a date field to a numeric field defined >as 8 > digits. I'm on V3R1. > > D Date6 S 6 0 Inz(061397) > D DateISO S D DatFmt(*ISO) > D Number8 S 8 0 > > C *MDY Move Date6 DateISO > * DateISO now contains 1997-06-13 > > C *YMD Move DateISO Number8 > * Number8 now contains 00970613 > > C *MDY Move DateISO Number8 > * Number8 now contains 00061397 > > Am I missing something here, or can you not get an 8 digit date moved from > a data field to a numeric field? Is this unique to V3R1? Thanks for any help. > Is this what you're looking for: C *ISO Move DateISO Number8 * Number8 would now contain 19970613 In the MOVE operations between a date data type field and numeric (or character) field, the value in factor 1 (*MDY, *YMD, *ISO, *JUL, etc.) refers to the format of the data in the field that is _not_ a date data type. HTH. -- -Jeff jlcrosby@fwi.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This is the Midrange System Mailing List! To submit a new message, * * send your mail to "MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com". To unsubscribe from * * this list send email to MAJORDOMO@midrange.com and specify * * 'unsubscribe MIDRANGE-L' in the body of your message. Questions * * should be directed to the list owner / operator: david@midrange.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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