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  3. January 2009

Re: how to validate a date in CL?

Hi, Michael:

Use the "result" (contained in &RSLT in my sample program) instead of what the user originally keyed in.

Assuming CVTDAT says it is valid, it will then be in "canonical" format for the format specified, e.g. *ISO,
so it will appear as YYYY-MM-DD instead of YYYY/MM/DD.

Cheers,

Mark S. Waterbury

> Michael Rosinger wrote:
Nick, Mark, et-al,

I tried using CVTDAT and it works for the most part but it let me get away with "YYYY/MM/DD" even though I specified *ISO. When I passed the date into a RUNSQLSTM, it failed because that is not kosher ISO for this schema configuration. I looked at the TOSEP parameter but that only applies to the TO date - not the FROM.

Any ideas?


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