Re: Date manipulation in CL

[Rich Loeber <rich@xxxxxxxxx>]

Douglas,

Take a look at the CVTDAT (Convert Date) command .... it will get you started.

Rich Loeber
Kisco Information Systems
http://www.kisco.com
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Douglas Palme wrote:

> I have been searching google for some info on how to manipulate dates in CL
> but am coming up somewhat shorthanded.  Specifically, I am looking to
> extract the current system date, subtract a number of days to get a new date
> and then convert it to a string with the century..
>
>
>
> Similar to the following:
>
>
>
> Current system date: 10/26/2006
>
> Subtract 14 days: 10/12/2006
>
> Retrieve century: 06
>
>
>
> Convert date: 20061012
>
>
>
> I just have not been able to find much in the way of CL for this..any
> helpful links?
>
>
>
> D.W.
>
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