RE: Converting a date -- RPG400-L

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Subject: RE: Converting a date
From: MichaelQuigley@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 09:48:17 -0500
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From the ILE RPG Reference:

%DATE converts the value of the expression from character, numeric, or
timestamp
data to type date. The converted value remains unchanged, but is returned
as a
date.

"RPG400-L" <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 01/05/2015 11:29:54
PM:

Regardless, when you are using the %date function you really want to

give it

a numeric value.

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RE: Converting a date , Alan Cassidy

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