Re: REXX and dates from commands

["Raul A. Jager W." <raul@xxxxxxxxxx>]

You can retrieve the system date in different formats, but I don't 
remember any date conversion routines, nor date arithmetic in REXX.  
There is a CVTDAT API you can use from REXX.
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Goodbar, Loyd (ETS - Water Valley) wrote:

> Sorry, but the only date information in the manuals is for retrieving the
> system date to REXX. Also, according to the programmer's guide, the command
> line arguments are passed to REXX in the form typed.
>
> There are indeed many code examples in the manuals; however, none deal with
> incoming date data from a command.
>
> I was hoping to find out where command date conversion to the CYMD format
> occurs - is it in the command processor, the CL compiler, or setup for the
> appropriate command environment. I'm thinking it's the difference from
> specifying a program CPP versus a REXX CPP, as any program CPP receives
> dates in the CYMD format. That does make data conversion and separation an
> issue, as my understanding of the command processor was to provide a
> consistent format for dates, regardless of the input format. (Given a valid
> date, of course.)
>
> I *could* write a CL CPP that passes the parms straight to the REXX
> procedure, but that would be pretty terrible.
>
> Thanks,
> Loyd
>
> Loyd Goodbar
> Senior programmer/analyst
> BorgWarner
> E/TS Water Valley
> 662-473-5713
>