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  3. August 2002

Re: Free-Format conversion of a Date-field to a numeric...

dmosley=kctB5D87ORfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org wrote:
> Let's say I have these three fields defined...
>
>      d MMDDCCYY          s           d        inz    datfmt(*USA)
>      d todayISO          s         8s0        inz(20020819)
>      d todayUSA          s         8s0   inz
>
> What is the free-format way to convert the date-field to a numbeic... :
> -- The old way to do it was :
>      c    *ISO MOVE todayISO  MMDDCCY
>      c         MOVE MMDDCCYY  todayUSA
> -- How would the above be changed...
>
> -- We have someone here who found a C program that would do the trick, but
> I wasn't sure if there was an easier way...

First, convert the date to a character value using %CHAR.  Then, use
your favorite technique to convert from character to numeric, such
as "atoi()".

Cheers!  Hans

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