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  3. March 2003

Re: Date Conversion in Free Format

Arturo_Duarte@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> I have a 6 digit number, YMD, that I want to convert into a 6 digit date
> field, MDY.
> 
> How can I do this in free format
> 

      tempdate = %date(ymd_num : *ymd);
      mdy_num = %int(%char(tempdate : *mdy0));

If you are not on V5R2, replace the %int with the character-to-numeric
routine of your choice.

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