Re: Date validation of different formats in RPG

For V5R1+ my free xRPG Library has this procedure available... check out
the docs here for createDate()...

http://www.rpgnext.com/docs/rnbdates/xRPG_procedures_createDate.php

This also addresses the '010203' problem Scott was referring to.

Joel Cochran
http://www.rpgnext.com


On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 00:12, John King wrote:
> All,
> 
>  Does anyone have any experience or 'best practices' for validating dates of
> differing formats in RPG?
> 
>  Scenario: we receive data from various sources, each one of which seems to
> have a different idea of how dates should be formatted. Here in the US most
> data entry operators use *MDY format, but others feel free to use *MDY0,
> *USA, etc, etc. Demanding consistency won't work - these are our customers
> and part of the 'value' our company offers is to allow them to send data in
> the format they feel comfortable with.
> 
>  At the time they need to validated, the dates have already been parsed into
> 10A fields in a subfile program, I'm considering writing a procedure to make
> a 'best-guess' as to the date's format - something akin to the code below.
> Someone has to have addressed this situation before - would you care to give
> out a few pointers?
> 
> Thanks,
> JK
> 
> C                   If        s_DatP <> *blank                      
> C     *MDY          Test(de)                s_DatP                  
> C                   If        not %error                            
> C     *MDY          Move      s_DatP        w_Date                  
> C                   Else                                            
> C     *MDY0         Test(de)                s_DatP                  
> C                   If        not %error                            
> C     *MDY0         Move      s_DatP        w_Date                  
> C                   Else                                            
> C     *USA          Test(de)                s_DatP                  
> C                   If        not %error                            
> C     *USA          Move      s_DatP        w_Date                  
> C                   Else                                            
> C     *USA0         Test(de)                s_DatP                  
> C                   If        not %error                            
> C     *USA0         Move      s_DatP        w_Date                  
> C                   Else                                            
> C                   Eval      SflValErrF = 'Y'                   
> C                   CallP     SndMsgToThisPgmQ( 'USR0406' )         
> C                   Seton                                        75 
> C                   EndIf
> C                   EndIf   
> C                   EndIf   
> C                   EndIf   
> C                   EndIf                                              
> 
> 
> 
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