Dates and prompt override program

["Goodbar, Loyd (AFS-Water Valley)" <LGoodbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a data area in which I store a date, in CYYMMDD format (the same
that IBM uses to pass dates in commands). I have a command using a
prompt override program, in which I retrieve the data area and return it
to the command. The date in the command is defined as *DATE.

Data area contains date 0980705 (for instance: 5 Jul 1998)

Here is what happens:
when I have CVTDAT DATE(&DDATE) TOVAR(&RTNDATE) FROMFMT(*CYMD)
TOFMT(*MDY) TOSEP(/)
the command receives '07/05/98'
and the command processing program receives '0980705' as the date data.

But if I have CVTDAT DATE(&DDATE) TOVAR(&RTNDATE) FROMFMT(*CYMD)
TOFMT(*MDYY) TOSEP(/)
(notice TOFMT(*MDYY) vs (*MDY))
the command receives '07/05/1998'
and the command processing program receives '1190705' as the date data.

In both instances I am prompting the command, to make the POP run.

Is this normal, working as designed? Obviously I can only use the first
method if I want the cpp to run correctly. The only reason I noticed
this is because I originally wanted the command date to by CCYY instead
of YY.

Thanks,
Loyd Goodbar

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