Re: Using MONITOR For The First Time

If the field you are converting is numeric, then you can use

ASDF_ISO = %Date(DATECRT :*ISO);

If it's character and has no separators ('20080428'), then you must use

ASDF_ISO = %Date(DATECRT :*ISO0);

If it's character and has a separator, you should add the separator after
the *ISO:

ASDF_ISO = %Date(DATECRT :*ISO/); // DATECRT = '2008/04/28'
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Robert Munday <rwmunday@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Roger,


-----Original Message-----
From: "Mackie, Roger L. (Precision Press)" <RLMackie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Apr 28, 2008 11:34 AM

<<< *ISO tells the %Date BIF that the incoming data has separators. Try
*ISO0 (where the last character is *zero) instead. >>>

<<< ASDF_ISO = %Date(DATECRT :*ISO); // Convert Create Date >>>

I'm taking an eight digit date in ccyymmdd format and converting it to
*ISO.



Robert Munday
Munday Software Consultants
Montgomery, AL
on assignment in Columbia, SC


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