Re: Converting a numeric date value to a DATE in SQL

Thanks to all.
I will use the solution suggested by Birgitta and Robert.

Rob,
The DATE question is for a specific issue that I am looking at, and it is
not worth the hassle with the customer to persuade them that the iDate
software is totally safe. Their vetting process can take weeks and I do
not have that time.

Jeff Young
Sr. Programmer Analyst

On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Birgitta Hauser <Hauser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Assumed your date is 8P 0 or 8S 0 and in the format YYYYMMDD, then is the
easiest ways:

Date(Digits(YourNumdate) concat '000000')

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards

Birgitta Hauser

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Betreff: Converting a numeric date value to a DATE in SQL

All,
V6R1 system.
Using SQL, how do I convert a numeric value of a database field in ISO date
format (ccyymmdd) to a DATE data type for comparison?
I need to select all records with a date that is equal to a value input by
the user.

TIA,

Jeff Young
Sr. Programmer Analyst
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