Date formats

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

Our database contains date types that are *ISO.

The DDS for our interactive applications reference these fields and specify
DATFMT(*MDY) and MAPVAL('01/01/40 *BLANKS').

All of the dates in our files that are zero use 01/01/40 to distinguish zero
since this is the first date that is valid on *MDY.  DFT keyword is used on
all PF's date fields as DFT('1940-01-01')

Problem is when displaying initial screen of a workstation program that has
fields referenced, we get date/timestamp error because the field does not
have the DFT in it, it has 0001-01-01, which cannot map to a *MDY field.

Is there a simple way to force these fields to 1940-01-01?  Currently we are
identifying these programs and inserting code to initialize all of the
screen fields.  This stinks.

Yes, this is a Y2K project.

Art Tostaine, Jr.
CCA, Inc.
Parlin, NJ  08859

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