RE: Dates in POI Sql2Xls

Bob
        I have managed to convert virtually all types of data-base 
type fields into an excel spreadsheet using POI.

Here is some cobbled code...
(n.b this takes the raw bytes off the data-base file)

* // new Date(long)                                     
D createDate      PR              O   EXTPROC(*JAVA      
D                                     :'java.util.Date'  
D                                     :*CONSTRUCTOR)     
D                                     CLASS(*JAVA        
D                                     :'java.util.Date') 
D Parm                          20i 0 value              

* // Cell.setCellValue(date)

D setCellValDate  PR                  EXTPROC(*JAVA                     
D                                     :'org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel-  
D                                     .HSSFCell'                        
D                                     :'setCellValue')                  
D Parm                            O   CLASS(*JAVA                       
D                                     :'java.util.Date')

D*                                  
D DS1date         DS            10  
D  DS1date10              1     10d 
D*                                  
D DS1time         DS             8  
D  DS1time8               1      8t
D*                                   
D DS1timeStamp    DS            26   
D  DS1ts26                1     26z

// Date field                                                           
      When FieldType  = 'L';                                                
        evalr DS1date = %subst(iData : FieldStartPos : FieldBytesLength);

        valueDATE = %diff(DS1date10 : %date('1970-01-01':*iso) : *days);
        valueDATE = valueDATE * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;                    

cell = createCell(row:c);          
setCellType(cell:0);               
date = createdate(valueDATE);      
setCellValDate(cell:date);         
setCellStyle(cell:dateCellStyle);  
c = c+1;

HTH

Mike

                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Bob O. [mailto:otis_the_cat@xxxxxxxxxxx]
                Sent:   08 March 2005 13:17
                To:     rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
                Subject:        Dates in POI Sql2Xls

                   I have one more issue with the POI sql2xls programs. 

                   I was trying to save an employee's hire date into a date
data type field
                   in a physical file and then move that date into the excel
sheet the POI
                   program creates.  It doesn't seem to do what I want it to
do (of course).

                   Is my issue with the date field in the physical file?  If
so, how should I
                   store the date in the physical file so the POI program
can easily convert
                   it to a date in the spreadsheet?  When I store it in a
plain old 8/0
                   numeric field, it just moves the text to the cell instead
of formatting as
                   a date.
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