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  3. October 2003

Convert *JOB date alpha to YYMMDD numeric in one EVAL

Esteemed Listers,

Given variables:
  JobDate:  6-character alpha always guaranteed to contain a valid *JOB date
  YYMMDD#:  6-digit numeric

Is there a way to move JobDate into YYMMDD# in one EVAL, converting it from the 
*JOB
date format to yymmdd format along the way?  The sticky point is that I won't 
know
at compile time whether *JOB date format is mdy, ymd, etc.

I'm thinking maybe nested date BIFs of some sort, but I'm not familiar enough 
with
them to get a handle on it.

TIA, GA

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