*MDY into an 8 digit date. -- RPG400-L

Subject: *MDY into an 8 digit date.
From: "Brian Parkins" <PARKIB@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 14:57:34 +0000
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The result will be 011702 - if your coding looks like:

D WorkDate        S               D   Datfmt(*ISO) INZ(*JOB)
D EightDigits     S                   like(Digit8Date)
D Digit8Date      S              8S 0

C     *MDY          Move      WorkDate      EightDigits

 /Free

   Dsply EightDigits '*REQUESTER';
   *InLR = *On;

 /End-Free

Note that Digit8Date is standalone with no CONST keyword.

Brian Parkins

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