RE: AW: converting system date to integer

I am all for buying a new machine too, but economics being what they are, we 
need to wait until 4th qtr.


On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 09:53:35 -0500, Bob Cozzi wrote
> Nothing wrong with buying a new machine, I'm all for it!
> As a software vendor, I have just now (this year) been able to 
> safely start using QUALIFIED data structures ( a V5R1 enhancement )
>  in my code because the number of people at pre-V5R1 who are 
> actually buying software has finally fallen off substantially. But 
> until "everybody" moves to V5R3 or later, I am now "stuck" at V5R1. 
> Of course V5R2 is a pointless release to be on, if you got it with a 
> new machine, that's fine, but if you plan on upgrading OS software from
> V5R1 to something, you need to jump over V5R2 and go right to V5R3.
> 
> -Bob Cozzi
> www.RPGxTools.com
> RPG xTools - Enjoy programming again.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Douglas W. Palme Sent: Friday,
>  April 14, 2006 9:44 AM To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries 
> Subject: RE: AW: converting system date to integer
> 
> Your absolutely right Bob, but I think from IBM's perspective at 
> least with us, it would not only force us to move to the latest 
> release it would also require us to purchase a new system; which we 
> are planning to do but not until 4th quarter
> 
> On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 09:40:01 -0500, Bob Cozzi wrote
> > Right, all that stuff didn't come into place until V5R2 and then it 
> > was fixed er, I mean "finished up" in V5R3. ;)
> > 
> > <soapbox> This sort of gives points to my argument that IBM needs to 
> > stop enhancing RPG IV on every single release and only do it on a 
> > "fixed version" boundary. That is, all V5Rx enhancements are 
> > available on V5R1 and later, instead of the fragmented way it is 
> > being done today. It creates far too much confusion when people are 
> > coding. Can I use this, oh wait that V5R2, how about this, no that's 
> > V5R3, so I'm on V5R1 what do I do? Oh, you have to use "MOVE". If 
> > everything was shipped for V5R1 and later, this wouldn't be an 
> > issue. But hey, some people/customers/pundants feel it is better 
> to "require/force/strongly
> > encourage" everyone to be on the most current release and punish 
> > those you are not." That's not my view, however. </soapbox>
> > 
> > -Bob Cozzi
> > www.RPGxTools.com
> > RPG xTools - Enjoy programming again.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-
> > bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Douglas W. Palme Sent: Friday,
> >  April 14, 2006 9:17 AM To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries 
> > Subject: Re: AW: converting system date to integer
> > 
> > When I tried the following:
> > 
> > 0038.22 C                   EVAL      DTMPDT = %INT(%CHAR(%DATE(): 
> > *MDY0))
> > 
> > I get a compile error that says the parameter for %int is not valid, 
> > I suppose I could break it down by converting the date into a 
> > character type and then add an additional line to convert it to an 
integer
> > 
> > On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 15:50:04 +0200, HauserSSS wrote
> > > 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?
> > > 
> > > If you bought it, it was hauled by a truck - somewhere, sometime.
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