[C400-L] RE: API and Date Formating Question

["Chris Wolcott" <CWolcott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

After a little more testing, I figured out that if you don't specifiy a
date separator for the formats that are 'free-form' the system puts the
*JOB separator in the QUSFLD_Entry->Date_Time_Separator field.  So I can
always use the separator from the API for the free-form formats.  

(The separator is blank for formats with a pre-defined separator.)

Original Message:
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I'm using the QUSLFLD API in OS/400 V4R5 to get info on the fields in a
file.  I'm trying to build a default record image.  My issue is with
dates.  Date types *YMD, *DMY & *MDY do not have 'default' separators
and can use any of ' ', '/', '-', ',' or '.'.  

The API will tell me if the user supplied a seperator in the DDS, but
otherwise it is blank.  The manual says if the user does not supply a
seperator, the system value is used.  I can get the system value, but
how do I determine if the blank in the QUSFLD_Entry->Date_Time_Separator
field is a user chosen value or if I need to use the system value?  (The
manual also states even though there are no default values, the correct
value must be used when populating the field.)