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  3. February 2005

Re: Converting from %date() to numeric

%char converts a date to characters, in the format you want. Chosse something wihtout separators. Then use %int to make it numeric.

You may have a problem to get 8.0, I know yuo can get *cymd (7.0) then add 19000000. Like this

numeric_date = %int( %char( date_field: *cymd)) + 19000000;
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Mike Wills wrote:

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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