RE: Date problem

The only date separator that is supposed by *USA is zero.
That is:
*USA
or
*USA0
Thus you can't specify *USA/ as it is implied.
-Bob


-Bob Cozzi
www.RPGxTools.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Scott Klement
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 11:58 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: Date problem


> Here is the move statement:
>
> C                   MOVE      DMYSDATE      PRTSTARTD
> C                   MOVE      DMYEDATE      PRTENDD

Specify the format of the date that you're moving in. If you don't specify 
one, it assumes that they are *ISO.

Remember:  You don't have to worry about the Date-Data-Type fields (the 
"type L" fields) because the system KNOWS what format those are.  However, 
it doesn't know what format your character strings are. So THAT'S What you 
need to tell it:

   C     *USA/         MOVE      DMYSDATE      PRTSTARTD
   C     *USA/         MOVE      DMYEDATE      PRTENDD

I didn't test this -- but I think *USA/ is the correct format when the 
date is 'mm/dd/yyyy'.