RE: Building a timestamp from a date and time

["DeLong, Eric" <EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Why not just

startTS = startDate + startTime;

Eric

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[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Adam Glauser
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 11:18 AM
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Subject: Building a timestamp from a date and time


I'm sure I'm missing something obvious, but I can't find anything 
appropriate in the RPG Reference or the archives.

If startDate and startTime are D and T types respectively, what is the 
simplest way to create a timestamp that represents that date/time?  Here 
  is what I've got:
startTS = %timestamp(%char(startDate : *ISO) + %char(startTime : *ISO) + 
'.000000');

I'm sure you'll agree this is less than ideal, if only because it is so 
verbose.  Other attempts were:
startTS = startDate + startTime;
startTS = %timestamp(startDate + startTime);
startTS += startDate; startTS += startTime;

I suppose one way that might work, since this is SQLRPGLE already would be
exec sql SELECT TIMESTAMP(:startDate, :startTime) FROM sysibm/sysdummy1
          INTO :startTS;

but it would be nice to have an non-SQL option.