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  3. February 2007

Re: Date conversion technique, alpha to Numeric

err...  Tell me again, how many digits is the QSYSVAL of QYEAR?  :)



Barbara Morris wrote:

Booth Martin wrote:

Yes, except for the part about defining the file's field as a date type
  with a DATFMT.  Why would anyone do that?  That seems to me to be
degrading the appeal of a date field.



If you mean why would anyone ever define a date field in a file (or a
program) with a 2-digit year format, I agree.  They want their foreheads
felt to check for fever.

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