RE: Query........Manipulating TimeFields

For use with Query/400 I created a DATEFILE physical file with every
conceivable date value and form.  I then populated it for the largest
conceivable date range with a simple RPGIV program so users could join it to
an application file by whatever date matches the value in the application
file.  One of those values is the hundred year date.  
 
I think if you do (have done) that, you could get the hundred year date for
the low date and for the high date as low_days and high_days, and then
compute the seconds points (as result fields) for the low time and high
time: 
low_seconds = (low_days * 86400) + (hh * 3600) + (mm * 60) + ss
high_seconds = (high_days * 86400)  + (hh * 3600) + (mm * 60) + ss
duration = high_seconds - low_seconds
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: sgt.walsh@icdc.com [mailto:sgt.walsh@icdc.com]
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 11:05 AM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Query........Manipulating TimeFields



Yes, I will be calculating elapsed times across date boundaries. 
I will be doing this in Query 400. 

Sergeant John P. Walsh
Haverford Township Police Department
1010 Darby Road
Havertown, PA 19083
Voice   610.853.1298 ext 212
Fax      610.853.9210
sgt_walsh@icdc.com

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