RE: Date problem

That took care of the issue, thanks gents; sorry about the late
response, unfortunately several meetings were called this afternoon.


-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Douglas W. Palme
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 12:37 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: 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'.
> 
> --
> This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L)
>  mailing list To post a message email: RPG400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To 
> subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: 
> http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l or email: RPG400-
> L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to 
> review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l.


If you bought it, it was hauled by a truck - somewhere, sometime.