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Re: SUBDUR Error between two dates

  • Subject: Re: SUBDUR Error between two dates
  • From: Pete Hall <pbhall@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 21:27:56 -0500
 
At 17:13 05/17/2000 , Gary Kuznitz wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I can't figure out why I'm getting an error when using SUBDUR to
>calculate the number of years between two dates.  I'm starting out
>with
>  02/20/39  in BIRTHDATE
>  02/18/80 in JDATE

It's your date format. You're using the default date windowing for 6 digit 
dates. 2039 - 1980 = 59. You just lost the sign somewhere. Change your date 
fields to *ISO or another long date format and the calculation will work as 
expected.


Pete Hall
pbhall@execpc.com
http://www.execpc.com/~pbhall
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