Date Data Type Question

[bvining@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Jerry,

The AS/400 basically forces all 2-digit year date values into the range
of 1940 to 2039; and the enforcement of this range is pervasive.

In the specific case of ILE RPG, this is mentioned in the RPG Reference
manual under Moving Date-Time data; for DB2/400, the SQL Reference
covers this under 2.6.6.1 Date; for CL commands, the extended help text
for CVTDAT; for command definitions, the help for TYPE(*DATE) of PARM;
and I'm sure many other places.

Bruce Vining

>
>Hello
>
>I have a need to convert a 6-digit numeric date data to a date data type
>field of *USA  inside an RPG program.  Can anyone tell me how the AS/400
>determines the century for this type of conversion?
>
>Thanks
>
>Jerry R. Keppler      Pattonville School District
>

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