Re: Date and TimeStamp Samples?

[Paul Raulerson <paul.raulerson@xxxxxxx>]

Thanks to both of you! For some reason I did not see Chuck’s reply until you noted in this email. 

These replies were perfect and exactly what I needed. 

Yours, 
Paul 


On Nov 4, 2013, at 10:20 AM, MichaelQuigley@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I'm not sure what you would miss about RPG's SUBDUR.  Take a look at 
> SUBTRACT-DURATION.  Unless I'm blind to something, anything you can do in 
> RPG with SUBDIR, you can do with COBOL's SUBTRACT-DURATION.  As Chuck 
> (CRPENCE) noted in his reply, there are several date, time, and datetime 
> intrinsic functions available.
>
> As he also noted, be sure to specify CVTOPT(*DATETIME *DATE *TIME 
> *TIMESTAMP).  You may also be interested in specifying 
> CVTOPT(*CVTTODATE)--which can convert a field defined in DDS as PIC 9(6) 
> DATFMT(YMD) as a true date field (i.e., FORMAT DATE '%y%m%d').
>
> if you have something specific you're trying to accomplish, examples would 
> be easier to provide.  There are probably millions of things you can do 
> with dates and times.  I haven't found any of them especially difficult.
>
> cobol400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 11/02/2013 01:00:07 PM:
> > ----- Message from Paul Raulerson <paul.raulerson@xxxxxxx> on Sat, 
> > 02 Nov 2013 11:02:42 -0500 -----
> >
> > To:
> >
> > cobol400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Subject:
> >
> > [COBOL400-L] Date and TimeStamp Samples?
>
> > Does anyone have some samples or a reply bail tutorial on using 
> > Dates and TimeStamps in COBOL?  What is the best way to use them? In
> > particular, when some of these records are updated, there are date 
> > fields in the record itself, and a LAST_CHG_TS field . 
> >
> > I have gotten spoiled with RPG, especially the duration SUBDUR 
> > opcode. I am sure I have done this before in ILE COBOL, but 
> > honestly, I have forgotten how. 
> >
> > Anyone willing to share examples of or a basic tutorial for ILE 
> > COBOL using date and timestamp fields?
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