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Have you tried %date(part of string prior to space : *MDY); or maybe *USA to see if they work? If not you could insert the leading zeros for month and day.

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From: RPG400-L <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Greg Wilburn
Sent: Thursday, December 3, 2020 3:04 PM
To: RPG programming on IBM i <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: How to convert a timestamp string to a simple date

I'm consuming a web service that returns an "odd" timestamp string (JSON). It doesn't use any preceding zeros in the date portion. All I really need is the date.
I was trying to use the SQL function TIMESTAMP_FORMAT to do the conversion, but I'm not having much luck.
The string looks like this:

'12/3/2020 12:00:00 AM' or
'12/3/2020 6:57:11 PM'

They will also send
'1/1/0001 0:00:01 AM'
(or something similar)

All I really need is the date portion. Any suggestions?

TIA
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