RE: Year 2000

[cmassoglia@xxxxxxxxxxx (Charlie Massoglia)]

>Plus, RPGIII doesn't like native date 
>fields anyway, so the big payoff wouldn't be there unless you were moving 
>to RPG IV at the same time.
>
I do not understand why there is a problem using a file with a date data
type field in RPG III.  As long as you compile the program CVTOPT(*DATE),
the date, time, and timestamp fields are made available to the program as
character fields.  There is no problem printing or displaying the dates.
You just have to be VERY careful if you update them, insuring the contents
of the character field EXACTLY match the format specified in the DDS.


Charlie Massoglia, Massoglia Technical Consulting, Inc.
PO Box 1065, Okemos, MI 48854, USA
517-676-9700  Fax: 517-676-1006  EMAIL: cmassoglia@voyager.net


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