Antwort: convert 8 digit date to ISO date

d numeric s    8p 0 inz(20010201)
d date         s    d            dtafmt(*iso)


c    *iso move numeric        date

nb: *iso is used to format the content of the numeric field, not for the
date-field. format of date field defines the d-statement.


hth,

martin


                                                                                
                                       
                    "Ray, Adam"                                                 
                                       
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This may be a silly question and I'm hoping it has a simple answer.
What is the easiest way to convert an 8 digit numeric date (defined as 8P
0)
in the format CCYYMMDD to an ISO format date field (defined as 10D)?
I need to do some date calculations using the SUBDUR command.
TIA
Adam Ray




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