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Booth wrote: >I think what irritates me most though is that we can >not use the new solution to move an 8-digit date to >a 6-digit date outside the 40-39 window. Wow, am I a PITA today! :-) I never use *MDY or other "6-digit dates." To me, they aren't dates at all (because of the inherent window limitations). I store the dates in the database as *ISO and convert to a 6 digit format for display/print using a data structure and a subroutine / procedure to convert from the date datatype to numeric. This way, I get the utility of true date datatype without the window hassle for displaying truncated (6-digit) dates. Of course, many users are getting accustomed to seeing 2000-02-11 instead of 2/11/00... DRealDate DS D ISODate D DATFMT(*ISO) D ISOCC 2 0 Overlay(ISODate:1) D ISOYY 2 0 Overlay(ISODate:3) D ISOCCYY 4 0 Overlay(ISODate:1) D ISOMM 2 0 Overlay(ISODate:6) D ISODD 2 0 Overlay(ISODate:9) D DsplyDate ds D DSPDate 6S 0 inz D DSPMM 2 0 Overlay(DSPDate:1) D DSPDD 2 0 Overlay(DSPDate:3) D DSPYY 2 0 Overlay(DSPDate:5) * Tinker date for display C Eval DSPMM = ISOMM C Eval DSPDD = ISODD C Eval DSPYY = ISOYY C DSPDate dsply Buck Calabro +--- | This is the RPG/400 Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to RPG400-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to RPG400-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to RPG400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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