Re: Expanding Dates

I'll stick my neck out and say that in no context does anyone use a single digit for years - hence, the lack of ZY as Scott pointed out. This is merely from observation and my general weird focus on trying to reverse-engineer whatever I'm looking at.

Now Mr Calendar could give us the true definitive answer, even if he is not invited to parties anymore!!

Vern

Buddy McClean wrote:

Thanks, To be accepted for RPG date bifs/opcodes. So far they have not z-sup the 2 digit year.
I was disapointed that the opcodes could not expand the numbers in dates that had a divider, but I'm over it.
I will have to investigate the CEE part, I claim ignorance.

rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 12/17/2009 2:39:58 PM >>>

Accepted by what? If you mean the RPG date opcodes/bifs, then no, you have to have the zero.

If you mean the ILE CEE date operations, take a look at the ZD and ZM picture strings. (Strangely, there's no ZY... so you could do 01/5/09 or 1/5/09, but not 1/5/9.)

If you mean another set of routines, it'll depend on the routine.


Buddy McClean wrote:

Wasn't quite sure of the search to use on the archives. I tried 'expanding dates' but that was unproductive.
If you have an incomming date of 4/24/09 or 11/5/09 , where Month or Day is zero suppressed. Is there a short way to get them accepted. Do they always have to be 2 pos for month and day?