RE: Why RPG IV Sucks

[Holden Tommy <Tommy.Holden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ok....Bob said:

"Because the RPG IV converts the date from the display file into *ISO within
the program. "

Which my statement was referring to, IF the date field is defined on the
DSPF as *MDY, then the RPG compiler SHOULD always be *MDY for this date
field. NOT *ISO here & *MDY there...


just my 2 coppers worth...

Thanks,
Tommy Holden



-----Original Message-----
From: Buck Calabro [mailto:buck.calabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 12:13 PM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Why RPG IV Sucks


> sounds reasonable that if the date field is
> defined with a date format that the RPG
> compiler SHOULD keep the date format...

Something like keeping all dates as a secret internal format of *ISO
and when other formats are used, down translate the internal date to
the display date?  But how would you handle incoming dates, e.g.
07/27/01

This could be my grandfather's date of birth, or my 2 year old's.
Which *ISO date would you choose to promote this *MDY date to?
Remember that the very next record typed in may require the _other_
century interpretation, so a fixed window doesn't cut it.
  --buck



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