RE: Using RPG /Free how do I get an ISO variable into a non-date 8,0 variable in *USA format

Andy,

Try this.

d USADate         s               d   DatFmt(*USA)

         USADate = ISODate;
         LMNTDT = %Dec(%Char(USADate :*USA0) :8 :0);

HTH

Rick

 -----Original Message-----
From:   Andy Hautamaki [mailto:ahautamaki@tstoverland.com]
Sent:   Thursday, December 19, 2002 12:47 PM
To:     RPG400-L@midrange.com
Subject:        Using RPG /Free how do I get an ISO variable into a non-date
8,0 variable in *USA format

I'm trying to write as much of my program within /Free but I hit a wall on
something I thought I could do using the bif %date.

All I want to do is put an ISO date field and store it in *USA format in an
8,0 variable.

I thought it would be as simple as;

v_Numeric8 = %date(v_Iso: *USA);

(Okay, I noticed after a compile failure and checking the manual that this
bif is for converting  from a character/numeric to a date field)

Am I forced to do the /endfree and then

*USA    move    v_Iso    v_Numeric8

Andy




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