Date processing (Was ILE Question) -- MIDRANGE-L

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 >> I am trying to arrive at years and months on a subdur of date of employment
to current date.


This should do what you want



      *  Code assumes that you have 6 digit fields - adjust according to length
and type of your field

     D StartDate       S               D

     D Today           S               D   Inz(*Sys)

     D Months          S              5P 0
     D Years           S              3P 0

     C     *MDY          Move      NumDate       StartDate
     C     Today         SubDur    StartDate     Months:*M
     C     Months        Div       12            Years
     C                   MvR                     Months


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