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  3. November 2008

Re: Create TimeStamp from numeric fields

Jeff Young wrote:
I will most likely end up doing that, but since the program I was working with did not use SQL, I did not want to introduce an added layer of complexity.

Well, assuming that your date is in YYMMDD.00 format, I'd do something like this (untested) RPG:

ts1 = %date(dateFld1 : *YMD0) + %time(timeFld1 : *HMS0);
ts2 = %date(dateFld2 : *YMD0) + %time(timeFld2 : *HMS0);
duration = %diff(ts2 : ts1 : *SECONDS);

With the usual caveats about dates < 1940-01-01 and > 2039-12-31.

Hope that helps,
Adam

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