Re: date type field test

["Art Tostaine, Jr." <atostain@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jon Paris wrote:

> >> "I guess I have to move this date to an alpha or numeric field first,
> then do TEST(D)." <<
>
> Right now I think that's the obvious solution.  I'll mention this to the
> compiler folks and see if they will consider allowing this as an option in the
> future.
>
> One thought - you could simply do the TEST against the *ISO value to make sure
> that you have a valid date, and then compare against variables pre-set to the
> *YMD Hival and Loval values.
>
> e.g.    If   (Date < LowYMD)  or  (Date > HighYMD)
>
> Jon Paris - AS/400 AD Market Support - paris@ca.ibm.com
> Phone: (416) 448-4019   -   Fax: (416) 448-4414

Jon:

Your solution is much better than moving to another field.  Just one line of 
code.

BTW, I don't need to test the *ISO value, because it already is a date field.
--
Art Tostaine, Jr.
Creative Computer Associates, Inc.
Parlin, NJ
atostaine_at_crecomp_dot_com


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