Free form date conversion

[Paul Jackson <paulgjackson@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I need to call a command that accepts date and time
parameter types(*DATE & *TIME) via QCMDEXC in an RPG
program.

The date & time needs to be the current date/time plus
a fixed number of minutes.

I am extracting the current timestamp into a timestamp
field and then adding the duration.  The part I am
having trouble with is extracting the date and placing
it into a character variable in Job format for the
command string creation.

I think the MOVE fixed opcode should work with *JOBRUN
in factor 1 but was wondering if there is a free
format version that does the same thing as I am trying
to keep all my calcs as free format where possible.

I thought something like the following would work but
am having no luck.

D timestamp        S         Z
D jobdate          S        8A
/free
  timestamp = %timestamp + %minutes( 30 ); <== works

  jobdate  = %date(timestamp:*JOBRUN); <== not working
/end-free

 Any suggestions would be appreciated.

TIA,

-Paul

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