Re: Date problem

["Mike the Code Monkey" <koldark@xxxxxxxxx>]

How about

act_date = %date(6psnDate:*ymd) - %days(60)

Don't remember if this works or not, but I thought I did something similar.

On 6/13/06, steema@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <steema@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> HI I have to compare 2 dates. From the file the format is 6 00 S, yymmdd.
>
> I need to comopare this date to the current date, less 60 days. So I take
> the system date, and I want to subtract 60 days from it. I put the system
> date into a field yymmdd.
>
> I set my result field as:
>
> Dact_Date         s               d
>
> then :
>
> c     yymmdd        Subdur    60:*Days      act_Date
>
> but I am getting an error in compile:
>
> RNF7052 30      1 Factor 1 and Factor 2 are not the same type; the
>                   specification is ignored.
>
> which is correct, in fact, act_date is considered as:
>
>           ACT_DATE          D(10*USA/)
>
> my question is, how to have act_date be the same type as a simple numeric
> field?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
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