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Not sure why this is not on the RPG forum\list... as a purely RPG discussion. Anyhow, the discussion has already taken place there:
http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l/201205/msg00337.html
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IBM i 7.1 Information Center -> Programming -> Programming languages -> RPG -> ILE RPG Language Reference -> Definitions -> Chapter 9. Data Types and Data Formats http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v7r1m0/topic/rzasd/sc092508283.htm#ddate
_i Date Data Type i_
"Date fields have a predetermined size and format. They can be defined on the definition specification. Leading and trailing zeros are required for all date data.
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I did not take any time to verify any changes to that documentation since my reply in that thread; i.e. I am not aware if a doc change would confirm as expected, the results that Scott had noted for v7r1.


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