Re: SQL Date function question

Paul,

Yes, that is what I was using. Then we found out nothing before
10/1/xxxx was being picked up. That's when I looked into the file.

Funny thing is, in the DDS it has an edit code of Y, so when I SQL or
Query interactivley the date shows fine with separators.

But when I UPDDTA on the file, I see the issue. It's a number, so
it's right justified without any leading zero if the month is less
than 10. How many decimal fields have you seen with leading zeros...
is the number 1 stored in a 4,0P field going to be the value 0001?
Hell no! lol

It IS lunacy. I agree. All I know is that's what I have to work with... lol

Brad

On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Morgan, Paul <Paul.Morgan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Brad,

Stored as 112011 is not MMDDCCYY.  You sure it's not stored as 01012011?

SUBSTR(DIGITS(MDYYdate),5) = '2011' if it's stored as 01012011.

Paul Morgan

Principal Programmer Analyst
IT Supply Chain/Replenishment


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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bradley Stone
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 4:51 PM
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Subject: SQL Date function question

I've got a program that uses dynamic SQL and I'm having a hard time
finding documentation for this, or to find out if it's even possible.

The file contains a date in the format MMDDCCYY.  I need to compare
the year entered in a query with the year in the date.  At first I
thought I could just substring off characters 5-8, but that won't work
since for example:

Jan 1, 2011

is stored as

112011

So obviously that won't work.  :)

Does SQL on the iSeries have a way to convert this type of date to
something and then yank the year out to compare it against a text
literal?

Thanks!

Brad
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