Re: CVTDAT TOSEP(*NONE) not working?

["rick baird" <rick.baird@xxxxxxxxx>]

thanks Jeff,  that's what I'll do.

I agree.  it appears to be a bug, unless ISO implicitly has dashes.
and if so, the help should say *NONE doesn't work on *ISO.

On 7/7/06, Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I tried it on a V5R4 system and got the same result as you.  Changed &ISO to
> size 8 and then it bombed.  Then I tried:
>
> CVTDAT     DATE(&DATE) TOVAR(&ISO) TOFMT(*YYMD) +
>              TOSEP(*NONE)
>
> And got '20060707' which is what I assume you wanted.
>
> But it makes no sense to me to have the ability to say TOSEP(*NONE) if it's
> going to put separators in there anyway . . .
>
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rick baird
> > Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 10:49 AM
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > Subject: CVTDAT TOSEP(*NONE) not working?
> >
> > hey all,
> >
> > i'm at V5R3.   I have the following CL code:
> >
> > DCL        VAR(&DATE    ) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(6)
> > DCL        VAR(&ISO     ) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10)
> >
> > RTVJOBA    DATE(&DATE)
> > CVTDAT     DATE(&DATE) TOVAR(&ISO) TOFMT(*ISO) +
> >              TOSEP(*NONE)
> >
> > when done, &ISO has the following value:
> >
> > '2006-07-06'
> >
> > Tosep *NONE doesn't seem to be working?   any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Rick
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