Re: Quick question: catching exceptions in MOVE statements on time/date data

[Brian Parkins <goodprophet.bp@xxxxxxxxx>]

You could use the TEST opcode to check for validity before the MOVE 
operations.

Brian.

On 13/03/2025 17:33, James H. H. Lampert via RPG400-L wrote:
> Fellow programmers:
>
> I've got MOVE statements of the form:
>
> C   *ISO     MOVE   XXXDAT     DATE
>
> and
>
> C   *HMS     MOVE   XXXTIM     TIME
>
> where XXXDAT and XXXTIM are zoned decimal fields.
>
> And occasionally, I will get bad data for one or both of those fields, 
> crashing the program.
>
> What are my options for catching the exceptions before the program 
> crashes? Obviously an error indicator isn't an option, since MOVE 
> doesn't have one. And it's been a while since I've had to deal with 
> this sort of thing, so forgive me if I'm a bit rusty.
>
> --
> JHHL