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  3. February 2005

Converting from %date() to numeric

I need to get today's date in an 8,0 field. I am using free-format. I
know I can get today's date by using %date(), but how do I convert
that to an 8,0 field? I have tried both %int and %dec and they don't
work. I am on V5R2. Any ideas?


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