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  3. February 2007

RE: Date conversion technique, alpha to Numeric

The DATFMT() keyword in the DDS for a physical file only controls how that 
value is displayed. It acts in a way comparable to the way the EDTCDE() keyword.

That's flexibility, users in some countries want it this way, some that...

--Alan

-----Original Message-----
Yes, except for the part about defining the file's field as a date type 
  with a DATFMT.  Why would anyone do that?  That seems to me to be 
degrading the appeal of a date field.

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