Re: AW: AW: converting system date to integer

That did the trick.....thanks for the assistance.

I know that being at V5R1 it limits our capabilities but I don't think that 
a 170 can handle V5R3, so we have held off upgrading until we get a new 
machine.


On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:27:25 +0200, HauserSSS wrote
> Hi,
> 
> if you are only on release V5R1M0, the easiest way is to use a move:
> 
> D  MyDate          S               D
> D  MyNumDate       S              6P 0
> 
> C              Time             MyDate
> C   *MDY       Move   MyDate    MyNumDate
> 
> With Release V5R1M0 it is not possible to convert a character value with
> %INT or %Dec into a numeric value.
> 
> Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Best regards
> 
> Birgitta
> 
> "Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you'll land among the stars."
> (Les Brown)
> 
> -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> Von: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]Im Auftrag von Douglas W. Palme
> Gesendet: Freitag, 14. April 2006 16:10
> An: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> Betreff: Re: AW: converting system date to integer
> 
> Only issue is we are still at V5R1 on this particular box
> 
> On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 09:53:53 -0400, Michael_Schutte wrote
> > DateMDY = %Dec(%Date(): *MDY);
> >
> > Cool, I didn't realize they allowed this in V5R3... thanks
> >
> > Michael Schutte
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> > Hi,
> >
> > did you try the following:
> >
> > Release V5R3M0 and higher:
> > DateMDY = %Dec(%Date(): *MDY);
> >
> > Release V5R2M0
> > DateMDY = %Int(%Char(%Date(): *MDY0));
> >
> > Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Best regards
> >
> > Birgitta
> >
> > "Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you'll land among the stars."
> > (Les Brown)
> >
> > -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]Im Auftrag von Douglas W. Palme
> > Gesendet: Freitag, 14. April 2006 15:10
> > An: RPG Group
> > Betreff: converting system date to integer
> >
> > I am in need of converting a system date to a six digit numeric....
> >
> > So if the system date is say 04/14/06 I need to convert it to a
> > 041406 numeric type...
> >
> > I thought about doing it by using a move statement with *MDY in
> > factor one but I don't believe that will work as I would have to use
> > 10 digits for the date.
> >
> > the problem is we have some display files that there is not enough
> > room to allow for a four digit year and I am not prepared at this
> > time to re-write the entire file.
> >
> > Suggestions or hints?
> >
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