RE: Why doesn't this trigger an invalid date

That certainly sounds like a reasonable idea.  

Michael Smith
iSeries.mySeries.


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Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 3:46 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: Why doesn't this trigger an invalid date


You've received good answers.  Why don't you perform a reasonableness 
check also?

monitor;
// if the absolute value of the number of years in the current data, //
minus the number of years in the test date is > x, // ask the user if
they are sure. if %abs( %subdt(%date():*years) -
         %subdt(%date(%char(rbrddte):*iso0):*years)
       ) >x;
  // Perform "Are you sure?"
EndIf;
on-error 00112; // invalid date
  // conversion of %date(%char(rbrddte):*iso0) failed
  // do something
EndMon;
 

Rob Berendt