Re: ILE - Date Substraction

start wit 053199
convert the day to 01  -- 050199
then subtract 1 day from it 043099
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From: Brian.Johnson@helpsystems.com <Brian.Johnson@helpsystems.com>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Thursday, March 25, 1999 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: ILE - Date Substraction


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>>From the RPGIV manual:
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>"When subtracting a duration in months from a date, the general rule is
>that the month portion
>is decreased by the number of months in the duration, and the day portion
>is unchanged.  The
>exception to this is when the resulting day portion would exceed the actual
>number of days in
>the resulting month.  In this case, the resulting day portion is adjusted
>to the actual month
>end date.  The following examples (which assume a *YMD format) illustrate
>this point.
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>     '95/05/30' SUBDUR 1:*MONTH results in '95/04/30'
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>    The resulting month portion has been decreased by 1; the day portion is
>unchanged.
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>     '95/05/31' SUBDUR 1:*MONTH results in '95/04/30'
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>    The resulting month portion has been decreased by 1; the resulting day
>portion has been
>    adjusted because April has only 30 days."
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>Rajan.Srinivasan@Allfun.com on 03/25/99 13:43:26
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>Please respond to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
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>Subject:  Re: ILE - Date Substraction
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>  I tried  this.
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>I am I doing something wrong
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>Thanks
>Raj
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>VENU YAMAJALA <venu_yamajala@goodyear.com> on 03-24-99 05:50:49 PM
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