Re: Convert *JOB date alpha to YYMMDD numeric in one EVAL

Thanks, Barbara!

Do I have another/better option at V5R1?

GA

--- Barbara Morris <bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> G Armour wrote:
> > 
> > Given variables:
> >   JobDate:  6-character alpha always guaranteed to contain a valid *JOB date
> >   YYMMDD#:  6-digit numeric
> > 
> > Is there a way to move JobDate into YYMMDD# in one EVAL, converting it from 
> > the
> > *JOB date format to yymmdd format along the way?  The sticky point is that 
> > I 
> > won't know at compile time whether *JOB date format is mdy, ymd, etc.
> 
> Prior to v5r1, you need two MOVEs, with tempdate defined as a D type:
> 
>     c   *jobrun   move Jobdate    tempdate
>     c   *ymd      move tempdate   YYMMDD#


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