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  • Subject: Re: your mail
  • From: Scott Klement <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 12:15:16 -0600 (CST)



On Thu, 7 Dec 2000 Troy.C.Dills@blum.com wrote:

> Hi all,
>  would anyone be willing share a subprocedure or lead me in the
> direction of writing a subprocedure which takes a date and parameters
> passed (if any), tests it for a valid date, with the ability to add
> days and depending upon the parameters sent (parm of days in my case),
> use the business days (in other words I don't want to use Saturday or
> Sunday as a valid date, use Mondays date if it falls on the weekend),
> for a new valid business day date. I'm new to programming with ILE and
> any information would be greatly appreciated.  I read Brad Stones
> article on ILE in iSeries 400 Expert Journal and it helped me
> understand the concepts alot but I have a long way to go for
> understanding ILE it completely (and yes Brad if you get this message
> I am sucking up in case you have any input).  If this is not enough
> information please let me know and I will be more specific as to what
> I will be using it for.
> 
> Thanks
> Troy
> 

Hi Troy,

Some of the things you're asking for could be interpreted in more than
one way.   However, I've whipped up a 5-minute example of what I THINK
you're asking for...  if its not exactly what you want, maybe
it'll give you enough information to get your own routine to work. :)

Here's my example code:

     D DateCvt         PR            10I 0
     D   iso_date                     8P 0 value
     D   result                        D
     D   daystoadd                    5I 0 value options(*nopass)
     D   nextbusday                   1A   const options(*nopass)

     D new_date        S               D
     D Msg             S             50A
     D char_date       S             10A

     C* This stuff is examples of using the DateCvt proc
     C*   (and also tests my code)

     C* Basic validity checking
     c                   if        DateCvt(20000930: new_date) < 0
     c                   eval      Msg = 'Hey, whats wrong with Sept 30?'
     c                   dsply                   Msg
     c                   endif

     c                   if        DateCvt(20000931: new_date) < 0
     c                   eval      Msg = 'There are only 30 days in Sept!'
     c                   dsply                   Msg
     c                   endif

     C* This just adds 3 days to Jan 17, doesn't look for
     C*   Sat/Sun dates at all:
     c                   if        DateCvt(20010117: new_date: 3) < 0
     c                   eval      Msg = 'Hey, whats wrong with Jan 17?'
     c                   dsply                   Msg
     c                   endif

     c     *ISO          move      new_date      char_date
     c                   eval      Msg = 'Date should be Jan 20: ' +
     c                               char_date
     c                   dsply                   Msg

     C* Since Jan 20th is a saturday, this should make it Jan 22nd:
     c                   if        DateCvt(20010117: new_date: 3: 'Y') < 0
     c                   eval      Msg = 'Hey, whats wrong with Jan 17?'
     c                   dsply                   Msg
     c                   endif

     c     *ISO          move      new_date      char_date
     c                   eval      Msg = 'Date should be Jan 22: ' +
     c                               char_date
     c                   dsply                   Msg

     c                   eval      *inlr = *on


      *+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
      * DateCvt:   Converts an ISO (yyymmdd) date to a date-type
      *            field if the date is valid.  Can optionally add
      *            some days to the date, and optionally push
      *            saturdays and sundays forward to a monday.
      *
      * Required Parms:
      *         iso_date = date in ISO (yyyymmdd) format that this
      *             procedure is to accept as input.
      *         result = date-type field returned.
      *
      * Optional Parms:
      *         daystoadd = number of days that should be added to
      *             the result after being converted to a date field.
      *         nextbusday = if set to 'Y', this routine will find
      *             the next monday date, if the result would've
      *             otherwise been a saturday or sunday.
      *
      * Return Value:
      *         Returns -1 if the date is not valid
      *         Returns 0 upon success.
      *+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
     P DateCvt         B                   EXPORT
     D DateCvt         PI            10I 0
     D   iso_date                     8P 0 value
     D   result                        D
     D   daystoadd                    5I 0 value options(*nopass)
     D   nextbusday                   1A   const options(*nopass)

     D SomeSunday      S               D   inz(d'2000-12-03')
     D Diff            S             10I 0
     D DayOfWeek       S              5I 0

     C* test date for validity:
     c     *ISO          test(D)                 iso_date               99
     c                   if        *in99=*On
     c                   return    -1
     c                   endif

     C* move the valid date to the result:
     c     *ISO          move      iso_date      result

     C* if desired, add some days:
     c                   if        %parms > 2
     c                   adddur    daystoadd:*D  result
     c                   endif

     C* if desired, check for a sat or sunday, and push the date
     C*  forward to monday...
     c                   if        %parms > 3 and nextbusday = 'Y'
     c     result        subdur    SomeSunday    diff:*D
     c     diff          div       7             diff
     c                   mvr                     dayofweek
     c                   if        dayofweek = 0
     c                   adddur    1:*D          result
     c                   endif
     c                   if        dayofweek = 6
     c                   adddur    2:*D          result
     c                   endif
     c                   endif

     C* return success:
     c                   return    0
     P                 E

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