Re: Date problem

Thanks Scott & Bob Cozzi, 
I will try it and let you know how it goes.


On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 11:57:58 -0600 (CST), Scott Klement wrote
> > Here is the move statement:
> >
> > C                   MOVE      DMYSDATE      PRTSTARTD
> > C                   MOVE      DMYEDATE      PRTENDD
> 
> Specify the format of the date that you're moving in. If you don't 
> specify one, it assumes that they are *ISO.
> 
> Remember:  You don't have to worry about the Date-Data-Type fields 
> (the "type L" fields) because the system KNOWS what format those 
> are.  However, it doesn't know what format your character strings 
> are. So THAT'S What you need to tell it:
> 
>    C     *USA/         MOVE      DMYSDATE      PRTSTARTD
>    C     *USA/         MOVE      DMYEDATE      PRTENDD
> 
> I didn't test this -- but I think *USA/ is the correct format when 
> the date is 'mm/dd/yyyy'.
> 
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