Re: DATE in *PRTF: Missing leading Zero

I won't say it's the clearest documentation I've read, but from the EDTWRD
documentation
<https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/ssw_ibm_i_74/rzakc/rzakcmstdfedwrd.htm>
:

A zero stops zero suppression. Place it in the farthest right position
where zero suppression is to stop. The zero is replaced with the character
from the corresponding position of the data field, unless that character is
a zero. Any zeros in the data that appear to the right of the
stop-zero-suppression character are displayed. The stop-zero-suppression
character is considered a digit position; *however, when it is the first
character, it might not represent the digit position. At least one leading
zero is suppressed, unless it is the first character of the EDTWRD. Then it
does not count as a digit because the number of blanks equals the number of
digits in the field. *Each zero that is suppressed is replaced by a blank.
An asterisk replaces zeros with asterisks (asterisk protection). Place the
asterisk in the farthest right position where zero suppression is to stop.
Each zero that is suppressed is replaced by an asterisk.

On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 11:38 AM Patrik Schindler <poc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello Vernon,

Am 03.07.2020 um 17:08 schrieb Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

it was always what you had to do, although it wasn't always obvious, as

I recall. I just looked at the documentation, and none of the examples show
exactly this kind of edit.

I think it's all *but* obvious. :-)

:wq! PoC

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