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  3. April 2006

Re: converting system date to integer

You can use the following, where @numD is a 6 digit number and @dateA is the system date: 

@dateA = %date;  //System date
@numD = %dec(%char(@dateA:*mdy/):6:0); // D'ccyy-mm-dd' to mmddyy 
Gene Burns
Programmer Analyst
Haulers Insurance Company, Inc.
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931-381-5406 x189

Douglas W. Palme wrote:

I am in need of converting a system date to a six digit numeric....
So if the system date is say 04/14/06 I need to convert it to a 041406 numeric type...
I thought about doing it by using a move statement with *MDY in factor one but I don't believe that will work as I would have to use 10 digits for the date.
the problem is we have some display files that there is not enough room to allow for a four digit year and I am not prepared at this time to re-write the entire file. 

Suggestions or hints?


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