Re: Date question

Tony Carolla wrote:
> 
> Doesn't %Int() convert the date with a two-digit year? I just like the fact
> that the date math narrows it down to just one date -- no matter what
> century, no matter what date. Maybe it's just the Y2K flashbacks, but me no
> likey two-digit years.
> 

By default %DEC converts the date to whatever format the date expression
has.  If you have a 4-byte integer array to store the date, and your
dates are already *ISO, you could do the following, and it would get the
full 8 digit version.
   intDate(i) = %DEC(yourIsoDate)
or explicitly storing as *ISO:
   intDate(i) = %DEC(yourDate : *ISO)

%INT doesn't convert dates directly.  You would have to use %CHAR to get
a character value for %INT to convert, but %CHAR behaves the same way,
defaulting to the date expression's format.
   intDate(i) = %INT(%CHAR(yourIsoDate))
or
   intDate(i) = %INT(%CHAR(yourDate : *ISO))

Two-digit-year dates?  Brrr, I agree, they are bad, bad, bad, for
everything except possibly interaction with a user.  I know some users
insist on 2-digit years, but me, I'm much happier with a 4-digit year,
and happiest when the year is first, so I know for sure what each part
of the date means.  I'd rather the application tell me what I'm entering
or seeing, than have to guess what it thinks I want to enter/see.