Re: Help in using DATFMT in RPG/400

"Chaudhary, Sachin (GE Equipment Services, Consultant)" wrote:
> 
> And one more thing...
> While using this date field in the Subfile, I can no longer use the 
> DATFMT(*YMD) because it conflicts with the RPG code compilation where the 
> field is converted (remember the *CVTOPT) to a 10 character (*ISO) field and 
> gives an error of redefining the field with 8 character (*YMD) in Display 
> file.
> 
> Neither I could move the result of TIME opcode directly to PF, but had to go 
> breaking it up in DS, adding separators..
> I think unless my compiler identifies the Date data type we would loose the 
> benefits of a date type then!
> 

You are preventing yourself from getting the benefits of the date type
by using an RPG compiler that doesn't really support dates.  If you want
an RPG compiler that identifies the Date data type correctly, you should
use ILE RPG.

Using the TIME opcode in RPG/400 is error prone, because the format of
the date part depends on the job date format.  So you can't be sure that
you really have the date in the format you expect.  Using ILE RPG, you
can do the TIME opcode directly into a true Date, and you can be sure
that the date is represented correctly.