Re: date math in CL -- MIDRANGE-L

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Try CEELOCT - the first parameter is a pointer to an integer that has the number of days since some date in the 1500s, so it can be used in CL. Then CEEDATE can be used to convert that number (plus 7) to any number of character formats, which can probably be converted as you need.

Don't worry about the FLOAT8 parameter of CEELOCT - just use a *CHAR(8) as a place holder - you don't need to use it.

And the integer value should be declared as a *CHAR(4), then use the %BIN built-in function as needed. HTH Vern

At 11:58 AM 4/21/2004, you wrote:

I have a need, in CL, to add 7 days to the current date and store it in a
variable.  I do not want to call an RPG program.  IBM commands and API
calls are acceptable.

For those thinking of using a julian date, that's fine, but I have to
accommodate the possibility of adding 7 days to December 26, and expecting
a valid date in return.  In fact, this is the route I'm currently
experimenting with, monitoring for errors on the CVTDAT command.  But if
there's a better way...

TIA,
GA

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