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  • Subject: Re: retrieving 4-digit date in CL
  • From: Mani <mani@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 16:11:32 -0700

Hello Saskia,

With my limited knowledge, I think the only way to do it is to retrieve the year in 2-digits and then use CVTDAT to get a 4-digit value. Of course, you can also use the QCENTURY...but I don't think we have a RTV* command which returns a 4-digit value.

HTH,
...Mani


At 01:22 PM 11/11/97 -0800, you wrote:
>Hello all
>
>Does anyone know a simple way (other than referencing QCENTURY) to retrieve
>the current year as a 4-digit value ( e.g. "1997" instead of just "97") in a
>CL program?
>
>tia
> -saskia
>
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