Re: Date question

["Douglas W. Palme" <dpalme@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Mike


On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:22:55 -0500, Mike Wills wrote
> I would think this would work:
> 
> mydate = %date(:*USA);
> 
> On 10/10/05, Douglas W. Palme <dpalme@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I am wondering if it would be possible to pull in the system date into a
> > *USA format by defining the variable as a date with the DATFMT(*USA) and
> > then using an eval statement similar to the following:
> >
> > MYDATE S L DATFMT(*USA)
> >
> > EVAL MYDATE = %date(%date:*USA)
> >
> >
> > If you bought it, it was hauled by a truck - somewhere, sometime.
> >
> >
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If you bought, it was hauled by a truck - somewhere, sometime.