RE: date & Test still not working

The space between the D and E should not matter - at least it doesn't for
me. 

Anyway, Steve:

How you validate a date depends on what you have defined on the screen. If
it's a numeric field, you need to tell TEST(DE) what that format is. That
goes in factor 1.

This is how I validate an 8-digit numeric date (MMDDYYYY) on screen in a
service program I wrote (I'm testing for a range of yeas from 1900 to 2899
because we store our dates in 7 byte numeric fields, whose range is Jan. 1,
1900 to Dec. 31, 2899 - if you are storing dates in a native date field, you
don't need to have the year range check). 

The field Date_Good is an indicator. Indate is an 8, 0 screen field.

    Test(De) *USA Indate;                                         
    If Not %ERROR And (%SUBDT(%DATE(Indate:*USA):*YEARS) < 1900 Or
      %SUBDT(%DATE(Indate:*USA):*YEARS) > 2899);                  
      Date_Good =  *OFF;                                                
    Else;                                                         
      Date_Good = (Not %ERROR);                                        
    Endif;                                                        

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Remove the space between the d and e.. ie: test(de)


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I am trying to do a simple date check. but it won't compile.


038300 c                   move      datef     datefield
038400 c                   test (D E)              datefield       --22--

======>                            a
*RNF5055 20 a      038400  The E operation extender cannot be specified
when a
                           indicator is specified.
038500 c                   eval      *in22 = *on
038600 c
038700 c                   iter



                                                                More...
> Earlier this week, I was asking about date validity, I was given several
> suggestions on use of TEST but none seem to work, that is the program
> won't compile.
>
> I simply want to move my screen date field into  D spec defined field
> called Datefield and have that field TESTed. So what is my C spec to 
look
> like?
>
> Thank you,
> Steve
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