RE: *MDY date issue

"Come over here and turn around so I can hit you in the back of the head!"
Paul Teutel Sr.

Rick Weber  |  TOYS 'Я' US International 

-----Original Message-----
From: Douglas W. Palme [mailto:dpalme@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 4:37 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: *MDY date issue

Someone slap the snot out of me please....figured it out....I need to pass a

value to the DDS first since I am prompting the user for a date entry.

Although I would prefer to have blank dates, it'll work.


On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:03:38 -0800, Douglas W. Palme wrote
> We have several fields that are defined in both the PF and the DDS 
> as *MDY with a type L designation.  When atempeting to update the 
> record in DFU we are getting a date time stamp error message.
> 
> I believe that for a two digit year the limitation is 1940 through 
> 28xx correct?
> 
> So how in the world do I represent 2006? it will not take 06 for 
> whatever reason.
> 
> Suggestions, hints, or tell me I am too much trouble and need to
leave.....
> 
> Douglas
> 
> If you bought it, it was hauled by a truck - somewhere, sometime.
> 
> -- 
> 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.