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  3. December 2001

Re: Move TimeStamp to Alpha field in Free Format

Seth wrote:
>I am wondering how to move a timestamp field to and Alpha field in free
>format.  According to the books, the reverse can be done with the
>%TimeStamp BIF.  I know I can jump out of free format to accomplish my
goal
>but would prefer to avoid that if possible.

As you've seen, you can convert a character value to timestamp
using BIF %TIMESTAMP.  To convert a timestamp value to character,
use BIF %CHAR.

%CHAR can be used to convert any date, time, or timestamp value
to character.  What's new in V5R1 is that you can specify a
date or time format.  So for example, if you want to convert a
date to *CMDY format, code "%CHAR(date:*CMDY)".


Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com

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