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  3. January 2006

Date conversions

OK, dumb question:

I have a 8-alpha field containing a date in ISO format - '20060126'.
I have a 8, 0 zoned decimal print field requiring a date in EUR format - 26012006.
What is the easiest way to get from one to the other - in V5R3 free-format RPG? 

I can get this to compile, and it works:

A - 8-byte alpha.
B - 8, 0 zoned decimal.

B = %dec(%char(%date(%dec(A:8:0)):*EUR0):8:0);
But there MUST be an easier/cleaner way to do this in V5R3. Come on, what am I missing? 

Cheers

Larry Ducie

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