Re: Date problem

You need to move the numeric date to a "date" field.

Something like this:
D date_aux              s                        d
...
C     *ymd              move  numeric_date              date_aux

(replace *ymd if you are using a different format in the numeric date)
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steema@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

HI I have to compare 2 dates. From the file the format is 6 00 S, yymmdd.

I need to comopare this date to the current date, less 60 days. So I take
the system date, and I want to subtract 60 days from it. I put the system
date into a field yymmdd.

I set my result field as:

Dact_Date         s               d

then :

c     yymmdd        Subdur    60:*Days      act_Date

but I am getting an error in compile:

RNF7052 30      1 Factor 1 and Factor 2 are not the same type; the
                 specification is ignored.

which is correct, in fact, act_date is considered as:

         ACT_DATE          D(10*USA/)

my question is, how to have act_date be the same type as a simple numeric
field?

Thanks,
Steve