Re: prob - storing date in rpg /400

[sunny singh <franky_four_fingures@xxxxxxxxx>]

vernon  i  neeed this in rpg./3  not in rpg le.. .plzzz i cant understand rpgle 
much i am learni nng rpg 3  ..please give me solution
  have a nice d
  ay

Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
  There are date APIs that can produce formatted character 
representations. Here is an example - you have to assume a year, and 
I suggest it be a leap year, as below. A data structure could also be 
used for the in-date instead of the BIFs and perhaps more efficiently.

hdftactgrp(*no) actgrp(*caller) bnddir('QC2LE')
dbirthdate s 4p 0 inz(410)
doutDate s 6a
doutDays s 10i 0

ddateToLillian pr 8f extproc('CEEDAYS') opdesc
d inDate 6a const
d pictureString 6a const
d outLillian 10i 0
d fc 12a options(*omit)

dLillianToChar pr 8f extproc('CEEDATE') opdesc
d inLillian 10i 0 const
d pictureString 6a const
d outDate 6a
d fc 12a options(*omit)

/free
dateToLillian(%trim(%editw(birthdate : '0 ') + '04') :
'DDMMYY' :
outDays :
*omit);
LillianToChar(outDays :
'DD-Mmm' :
outDate :
*omit);
*inlr = *on;
/end-free

Run it in debug and see what outDate is after the call to LillianToChar.

This is specific to your situation - a more generic version would be 
useful - I think Scott Klement has done some articles on this.

HTH
Vern

At 07:32 AM 4/16/2006, you wrote:

>RPG/400--->
> i have a physical file... field (suppose date of birth)
>
> EMPDAT 4P 0 TEXT('EMPLOYEE DATE OD BIRTH')
> (length 4 packed with zero 
> decimal places )
> EMPNME 20A TEXT('EMPLOYEE NAME')
>
> date(EMPDAT) should be stored as DD-MM the data base file but when it is
> displayed on the screen (say screen1). it should be displayed as
> DD -MMM(e.g. 27 - oct)''please tell me how to do this..
> thank you .....
> :))
>
>
>
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