RE: Date Validation File

["Leland, David" <dleland@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Okay, so where can we get this RTVHOLIDAY program?

Dave

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> From:         Al Barsa, Jr.[SMTP:barsa2@ibm.net]
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> Sent:         Thursday, May 20, 1999 9:30 AM
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> Subject:      Re: Date Validation File
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> At 11:14 AM 5/20/99 +0100, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >"Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@ibm.net> wrote:
> >
> >>With all due respect, I think that software to validate a date would
> >>certainly be more efficient that a file.  (The file would use MUCH
> more
> >>disk space, the routine would use more CPU.)  Possibly a hybrid
> solution
> >>would be the best:  Whenever a date is validated, it is put into a
> file.
> >
> >A couple of observations. Firstly Chris' file could be useful in
> queries
> >although I don't know whether this is his intention or just a handy
> by-product.
> 
> Agreed.  For whatever reason, my assumption was that this was to be
> used in
> an RPG CHAIN environment.
> 
> >Secondly I don't think it's realistic to calculate public holidays on
> the
> fly;
> >these will have to be stored in a database file.
> 
> National holidays are specified by legislation.  I published a routine
> (several years ago) called RTVHOLIDAY that calculates the date and day
> of
> the week for every national holiday, from the years 1600-9999.  The
> holidays included:
> 
> New Years Day
> Martin Luther King Day
> President's Day
> Memorial Day
> Flag Day
> The Fourth of July
> Labor Day
> Columbus Day
> Election Day
> Thanksgiving Day
> The Day After Thanksgiving
> Christmas Eve
> Christmas
> 
> This was all done by an RPG routine which was about 100 lines with
> comments.  There was a trivial CL to up front it.
> 
> There is also a TAA TOOL called RTVHOLIDAY.  It uses a table, and goes
> from
> 1940 to 2039.  The holidays include:
> 
> Ash Wednesday
> Martin Luther King Day
> President's Day
> Good Friday
> Easter
> Passover
> Mothers Day
> Memorial Day
> Fathers Day
> Labor Day
> Columbus Day
> Rosh Hashanah
> Thanksgiving Day
> Hanukkah
> 
> This is about 900 lines, and is all done in CL.
> 
> 
> 
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