Re: DATFMT -- MIDRANGE-L

Paul,
Maybe I'm missing the point here, but this from the ILE RPG/400 Reference
Manual:

3.2.2.7 DATFMT(fmt{separator})
 
The DATFMT keyword specifies the internal date format for date literals and
the default internal format for date fields within the program.  You can
specify a different internal date format for a particular field by
specifying the format with the DATFMT keyword on the definition
specification for that field.
 
Doesn't this say that I should be able to define a standalone field, with a
date format
other then that of the default format for this module?

Dave                                    

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> From: Paul Tuohy <tuohyp@ibm.net>
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: DATFMT
> Date: Thursday, July 23, 1998 1:56 PM
> 
> David, the format for ALL date literals is as per the H Spec, which
defaults to
> *ISO. So, you either put a DATFMT(*ISO) on the H Spec or change the INZ
to
> (D'13/06/1991').
> 
> But it would be a lot neater if it worked as you wished.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Paul Tuohy
> 
> 
> David Prowak wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > I keep getting this compile error:
> >
> >
> >  D  SURCH_DATE     S               D   DATFMT(*JUL) INZ(D'91/164')
> >
> >                                                                 a
> >
> >  5 20 a      000140  The value D'91/164' is not a valid *ISO- Date
literal.
> >
> >
> > This will compile if I use a control spec to change the default date
format
> > for the entire module, but I shouldn't have to do that.  I thought that
I
> > could define the date format for a field specifically, regardless of
the
> > default date format.
> > I'm on V3R2, QDATFMT = MDY.
> >
> > Dave
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