Re: %Diff question

Actually I found a 'flaw' in my logic that appears to be responsible for
my imaginary error.

C If Process_File = 1 Or
* Once/hr try to process files in PRO_ERROR that haven't expired
yet...
C (Process_File = 2 AND
C %Diff(Cur_Time:Last_Time:*Minutes) >

C 60)
C If Process_File = 2
C Eval Last_Time = Cur_Time
C Endif

The problem is that since I only want to execute 'process_file = 2' only
once per hour, after I do so, I update Last_Time with Cur_Time.

Then after 11:00pm, Last_Time becomes Cur_Time, and then after midnight,
when the calc is next performed, the result (%Diff) becomes a negative and
won't execute again until probably (if at all) around 11:00 pm the
following day... Duh

My error isn't with the %Diff result, but the fact that using T instead of
Z data types didn't allow the code to acknowledge the date change that
occurred after midnight and therefore the '> 60 minutes' condition rarely
occured.

I took Simon's advice and wrote a quickie test program that I could run in
debug and try various scenarios. That proved to be the point of
enlightenment.

Thanks everyone for their input.

Regards, Jerry

Gerald Kern - MIS Project Leader
Lotus Notes/Domino Administrator
IBM Certified RPG IV Developer
The Toledo Clinic, Inc.
4235 Secor Road
Toledo, OH 43623-4299
Phone 419-479-5535
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