Re: Handling Dates (replacement for MULT 10000.01/1000.001)

Chuck,


Here's a data structure trick (non-ISO), shown in
RPG 3 style but you'll get the idea.


    1      40      CY1
    5      60     MM
    7      80    DD
    1       80    YMD
    9     120    CY2
    5     120    MDY

If you have a CYMD:  move it to YMD and then move
CY1 to CY2 or
if  you have a MDCY:  move it to MDY and then move
CY2 to CY1.
Now you have the date either way you want it with
only 2 z-add's.
Make this a generic routine and pass in a
directional variable so you know which way to
convert and you've got date handling a la carte.



Just a thought.


Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Lewis <CLEWIS@IQUEST.NET>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
<MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 11:37 AM
Subject: Handling Dates (replacement for MULT
10000.01/1000.001)


>Hi Folks !
>
>I KNOW many people in the past have condemed the
use of the MULT
>statements to convert dates from YYMMDD to MMDDYY
but I also know that
>TONS of folks used this too...
>
>How are you handling this with "full" dates ? I'm
setting up some test
>programs (we use package software that is Y2K
ready) of my own and have
>a test file with YEAR, MONTH and DAY sorted by
YEAR so it works like
>YYMMDD but is there an "easy way" to edit this
other than a data area (I
>know, lazy...)...
>
>Or how are you handling this ?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Chuck
>
>
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