RE: Unusual date / time stamp error when EXFMT is run

Actually for the *USA format it is 01/01/0001. 
For *MDY it is 01/01/40

Duane


-----Original Message-----
From: Booth Martin [mailto:booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 9:38 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: Unusual date / time stamp error when EXFMT is run


Remember that a date field knows what it is.  (It has no format we recognize
  It is never in *USA for example.)



So, when you display it, you choose the format you wish to use.  If you are
going to use *USA then you'd want to use a value of January 1st, 1940 as
your low value.



In looking at your original problem, I would have probably just added in a
condition on the RPG line saying "If  Field <> *blanks " and avoided this
whole area of discussion.

 

 

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Booth Martin

http://www.martinvt.com

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-------Original Message-------

 

From: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries

Date: 10/25/05 17:44:22

To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries

Subject: RE: Unusual date / time stamp error when EXFMT is run

 

And I thought the date was formatted to *USA?

 

Marvin