Re: DATE fields in RPG-IV

[Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxx>]

> On existing systems (beige boxes, and other CISC processors) performance of 
> date fields is bad. 

We have a CISC 300-2042.  Some years back I started converting all file
dates to YYYYMMDD in prep for 2000.  When the date data type became
available, I first hedged a while, then started using the date data type
exclusively for storing dates along with RPGIV (but not the ILE
functions).

I now have a significant number of applications using date data types
that did _not_ use them before.  I have not noticed, nor have any users
brought to my attention, any performance degradation whatsoever.  I am
not stating there isn't any, what I am saying is that it is not
noticeable under normal day-to-day or month-end operations.

I can state, without a doubt, that date data types make date handling an
absolute breeze, both from a programming standpoint and from the user's
perspective.

-- 
-Jeff

jlcrosby@fwi.com
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