Re: diff btw Procedures and Routines

["Peter Dow" <maillist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Rudy,

*ISO date format would be D'2002-08-12', that is, year, month, day separated
by dashes, not slashes.

Peter Dow
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Medrano, Rudy" <RMedrano@southernwine.com>
To: <rpg400-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 11:56 AM
Subject: RE: diff btw Procedures and Routines


> I am getting a "Thje Date Literal is not valid"  error message whenever I
> compile my RPG program.   Below is how I have defined the date:
>
>
>    40 DTodaysDate       S               D   DatFmt(*ISO)
Inz(D'08/12/2002')
>
>  ======>
a
>
>  *RNF0305 20 a      004000  The value D'08/12/2002' is not a valid *ISO-
> Date literal.
>      41
>
>
> I want to initialize a the date field to that value.
> I have consulted manuals and they all indicate this is the way to define
and
> initialize a date field.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks, Rudy.
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