Re: L-date field to *mdy

[John Hall <jhall@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

boothm@ibm.net wrote:
> 
> This  seems simple enough but it has me buffaloed.
> 
> I have a field defined as an L-date field.  In normal use it has a date of 
>this year, next year, or is empty.  It's empty state is 01-01-0001.
> 
> I want to move that field onto a screen in the *MDY format.  So, I do a move 
>to a 6/0 field, whichnormally works, but fails on the 1/1/1 because 1/1/1 is 
>outside the 1940 to 2040 window.
> 
> So how do I overcome the problem, or test for it?
> 
> Mt first idea was that the MOVE opcode for dates must have an error code, but 
>I can't find that to be true.
> 
> --
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> boothm@ibm.net
> Booth Martin
> -----------------------------------------------------------


Is the L-date 01/01/0001 or 01/01/2001 ???

It must be the latter to transform to 01/01/01

John Hall
Home Sales Co.
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