Alan,
If I had my way that is exactly what I would do; and I did suggest
that.....however, it was something I was instructed to do.....
From:
Alan Shore <AlanShore@xxxxxxxx>
To:
RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:
05/14/2008 01:14 PM
Subject:
RE: Date verification with multiple values on Green Screen
Somewhat agree with you Eric.
Where I differ is that you want the users to choose the format to input.
In
my experience when talking to a user with respect to date formats, no
matter which format that user uses on a day to day basis in their everyday
life, the only response I get is a vacant stare, and if I squint my eyes
hard enough, I can see a thought bubble appear above their head with the
words "WHAT THE @!$#^&&&& IS HE TALKING ABOUT?"
My suggestion (for what its worth) choose one particular format and force
the users to enter any date in that format. Use EDTMSK in the DDS screen
for the separators to make it look somewhat pretty, and validate the date
based upon this ONE format.
Alan Shore
NBTY, Inc
(631) 244-2000 ext. 5019
AShore@xxxxxxxx
"If you're going through Hell, keep going" - Winston Churchill
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05/14/2008 01:33 RE: Date verification with multiple
PM values on Green Screen
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RPG programming
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I think you've opened the can-o-worms with this one... This is similar to
the name-parsing question from a few weeks ago....
Ok, so I am a user of this app, and I enter 060708 (six digit date). How
would your program ever determine if this is *MDY, *YMD, or *DMY? You
cannot... Eight digit dates are not much better...
Using date seperator values with an eight digit date format might work ok,
as long as the users always use the correct seperator character for the
format being entered... So, '05/06/2007' could be processed as format
*USA
(month 05, day 06), where '05.06.2007' could process as format *EUR (month
06, day 05).... Probably not reasonable for the users to always know
which
seperator value to use.
I do not think this requirement to accept date input in multiple formats
will add value to your application. More likely, it will cause a great
deal of grief when the program mis-identifies the correct format and gets
your months and days mixed up.
I might recommend a second field where the users can select the date
format
they will be using for this session.
hth,
Eric
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[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Doug Palme
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 11:22 AM
To: RPG Midrange L
Subject: Date verification with multiple values on Green Screen
I need to allow the users to enter any of the following values as a valid
date type on a display file:
010108 // Six digit date
20080101 // eight digit ISO date type
01012008 // eight digit USA date type
01/01/2008 // ten digit USA date type
I thought I could check the length of the field coming in, so if anything
is other than 6,8, or 10 it is automatically an invalid date...that part
is easy......
I wanted to check for a valid date value with the TEST(DE) but it seems
that will not work either since even though 010108 is tested as
TEST(DE) *MDY DateField;
It generates an error...which I am assuming is because the field is a 10a
and not a 6,0.
So I would need to check and make sure that it is also numeric for the 6
and 8 digit entries correct?
I know, it sounds crazy, but that is what I have been instructed to
do......
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