RE: Converting Data

Rob,

Thanks for the quick reply. Here are the debug results:

ST_MTIME INT(10) 1437659037 '55B0EF9D'X
DATEBIN INT(10) 1437659037 '55B0EF9D'X
DATEDTS CHAR(8) 'í^Õ¸ ' '55B0EF9D40404040'X

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-----Original Message-----
From: RPG400-L [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rob@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2015 9:10 AM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)
Subject: Re: Converting Data

If you run this in debug (or DSPLY DATEBIN) what is it's value? If that looks good then your data structure is bad.
You could specify:
ctl-opt debug(*yes);
and then add
dump;
right after the
DateBin = st_mtime;

You should see something for DATEDTS similar to this line:
MYCHAR CHAR(5) 'HI ' 'C8C9404040'X

Show us that whole line, including the hex value.


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From: Eric Hill <ehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 08/03/2015 09:57 AM
Subject: Converting Data
Sent by: "RPG400-L" <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>



I am reading in a file from the IFS and I am wanting to get the
modification date and time. I am using Scott Klement's copybooks and I
know the field to use is st_mtime. I understand this field is in *DTS
format so I am going to convert it using the QWCCVTDT API. This API
expects the input date to be in an 8 alpha field. The st_mtime field is
defined as 10i 0. I have a data structure in my program like this:

D DS
D DateDts 8a
D DateBin 10i 0 overlay(DateDts)

I then do this:

DateBin = st_mtime;

I get returned nothing close to the actual modification date and time I
see on the properties of the file in the IFS. It is showing 07/15/2015
whereas the returned date is 04/23/1976.

Trouble with my data structure?

Thanks in advance?

Eric Hill
Integrated Corporate Solutions

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