Re: Date conversion technique in QUERY

     Carl,
     
     I used to just chop up the field into parts. Define fields screen:
     
     Yr1 = datefield/10000
     Mon1= (datefield/100)-(Yr1*100)
     Day1= datefield-(Yr1*10000)-(Mon1*100)
     
     NewDate= Mon1*10000+Day1*100+Yr1
     
     
     eric.delong@pmsi-services.com    


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Subject: Date conversion technique in QUERY 
Author:  <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > at INET_WACO
Date:    2/9/99 6:43 AM


anyone have a quick and dirty way to convert a date (6,0) in a YYMMDD format
to a MMDDYY format for printing in a Query?  I know I can multiply by
100.0001, however Query thinks it knows better and won't let you chop off
the left most 2 significant digits, which makes this technique not work.  (I
get the dreaded +++++++++ as the output for this field).
Surely someone has solved this little problem.
TIA,
Carl
Carl Galgano
EDI Consulting Services, Inc.
540 Powder Springs Street
Suite C19
Marietta, GA  30064
770-422-2995
mailto: cgalgano@ediconsulting.com
http://www.ediconsulting.com
EDI, Communications and AS400 Technical Consulting



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