Assumed '01/02/96' is a character representation of January, 2nd in 1996 and
you want a numeric value containing 19960102
You could use the following formula:
Dec(Date(Timestamp_Format('01/02/96', 'MM/DD/RR')), 8, 0);
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-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Jay
Vaughn
Sent: Freitag, 26. April 2019 17:13
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: SQL latest greatest way to convert char mm/dd/yy to numeric
yyyymmdd
seems there is always a new way to skin a date format conversion...
looking for the cleanest way to convert a date such as...
'01/02/96' to 19960102
tia
jay
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