Re: How do I: Convert MOVE to /free for a date

Hey Mike,

There are a few ways to do this, one of which was already sent but I
think only works on V5R2.  Another way would be to parse the pieces into
a data structure:

d DSDateTxt                   ds
d  year                                                    4  0
d  dash1                                                  1        inz(
'-' )
d  month                                                  2  0
d  dash2                                                  1        inz(
'-' )
d  day                                                      2  0

/free
  year = %subdt( DSDate : *y );
  month = %subdt( DSDate : *m );
  day = %subdt( DSDate : *d );
/end-free

If you don't need to retain the zeros in month and day you could build
one string:

/free
  DSDateTxt = %char( %subdt( DSDate : *y ) ) + '-' +
                         %char( %subdt( DSDate : *m ) ) + '-' +
                         %char( %subdt( DSDate : *d ) ) + '-' ;
/end-free

This won't work if you need the zeros, and neither will %editc( ... :
'X' ) because the size of the return field from %subdt() is too big,
that's why I prefer the DS approach.

Speaking of which, do you guys have my free library?  If you do, there
are several procedures for formatting dates, one of which would do what
you are trying to do:

/free
  DSDateTxt = getDateStrISO( DSDate );  
/end-free

You could turn off the seperators or even change the seperator character
if you want.  Docs are here:
http://www.rpgnext.com/docs/rnbdates.php#getDateStrISO

You do need to be at V5R1.  Download at http://www.rpgnext.com

HTH,

Joel
http://www.rpgnext.com


On Mon, 2003-10-06 at 16:29, Wills, Mike N. (TC) wrote:
> Hey guys, I am trying to figure out how to move a date field to a text
> field. Here is what works with fixed format.
> 
> C                   Move      DSDate        DSDateTxt
> 
> DSDate is defined as a date format (assumed *ISO)
> DSDateTxt is a 10 char field. I [u]do[/u] want the '-' in the field. 
> 
> How would this be done?
> 
> 
> Mike Wills
> Lawson Programmer/Administrator
> Taylor Corporation
> Email: mnwills AT taylorcorpNOSPAM DOT com
> AIM: iSeriesCodePoet
> 
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