Re: date validate

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is this statement true?   I am still having a hard time getting my mind 
around the idea of an L field.

Doesn't an L field store the date any way it wants to?  Isn't the idea 
of the *YMD just to inform the L field what to expect?  That the data 
coming in is in YMD, so it can differentiate between January 2, 2003, 
February 3, 2001, and March 1, 2002?



Fisher, Don wrote:
> You have to perform the TESTD before moving it to the date field. Since the
> date field is in the *YMD format, any value placed in it must conform to
> that date format.  
>
> Donald R. Fisher, III
> Project Manager
> Roomstore Furniture Company
> (804) 784-7600 extension 2124
> DFisher@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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> I am getting this error cond. C
>  Date, Time or Timestamp value is not valid (C G D F).
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>  I defined this
> D Datefield       S               D   DATFMT(*ymd)
>
> I move the date from the screen to Datefield. The date on screen is
> defined as num. 6 00.
>
> Then I do the TEST
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