Re: Built-in function %char

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There are three kinds of date data formats, depending on the range of 
years that can be represented. This leads to the possibility of a date 
overflow or underflow condition occurring when the result of an 
operation is a date outside the valid range for the target field. The 
formats and ranges are as follows:
Number of Digits in Year  Range of Years
2 (*YMD, *DMY, *MDY, *JUL)  1940 to 2039
3 (*CYMD, *CDMY, *CMDY)  1900 to 2899
4 (*ISO, *USA, *EUR, *JIS, *LONGJUL)  0001 to 9999

BSchwar@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> Thanks for the help everyone!
>
> I thought about using %Date, but I was concerned about the supported date
> range for YMD dates. Do you know what date range %date supports for a YMD
> date filed?
>
>
> date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:17:35 -0600
> from: Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: Re: Built-in function %char
>
> Would you be better served with either the
>
> %date, %editc or %editw bif?
>
> c eval wrk08a = %editc(emdoc: 'X') + %editc(emdoe: 'X')
> or
> c eval wrk08a = %date(emdoe: *ymd)
>
> See if those do what you wish.
>
>
> Bob Schwartz
> Systems Analyst
> Information Systems
> Southeast Georgia Health System, Brunswick Campus
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