Re: Date/Time fields in DB file

Hi Patrik


I'm confused about your statement about internal/external variables for date/time values - I've never used anything like that in RPG that I know of - can you give us an example? What is the value of an internal variable for the date 2023/6/23?


Just curious
Vern


On Fri, 11 Aug, 2023 at 2:11 PM, Patrik Schindler <poc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


To: midrange systems technical discussion

Hello Scott,

Am 11.08.2023 um 20:35 schrieb Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>:

Date/time/timestamp have worked that way "forever."

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What do you find cumbersome in RPG? I have always found date/time/timestamps very easy to use.

Well, if you want to read or write a date/time/timestamps from/to an RPG variable, you first need to MOVE or or EVAL the content from/to the internal/external variable. I feel that's cumbersome compared to the handling of string, or numeric variables.

Of course, it's *much* less painful than handling date/time values with C. ;-)

:wq! PoC