RE: Problem calculating differences

["Wilt, Charles" <WiltC@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Of course, there's no real reason to calculate 
(%diff(z'1970-01-01-00.00.00': z'2000-01-01-00.00.00'))* 1000

all the time, I'd have it done at compile time, but you get the idea....

Charles Wilt 
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CINTAS Corporation - IT 92B
513.701.1307

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> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Wilt, Charles
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 12:42 PM
> To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: RE: Problem calculating differences
>
>
> Ok Joe,
>
> Here's what I'd do.
>
> results = (%diff(z'1970-01-01-00.00.00': z'2000-01-01-00.00.00'))* 1000
>             + (%diff(z'2000-01-01-00.00.00': %timestamp()))*1000;
>
>
>
>
> Charles Wilt
> --
> Software Engineer
> CINTAS Corporation - IT 92B
> 513.701.1307
> wiltc@xxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > On Behalf Of Joe Pluta
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 12:33 PM
> > To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> > Subject: Re: Problem calculating differences
> >
> > I'm trying to interoperate with Java timestamps.  In the Java world,
> > that's the number of milliseconds since 01/01/1970.  This is a web
> > service, and the service was defined using the Java timestamp format.  I
> > can change the service signature to use something different, but I was
> > trying to avoid that.
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > > Joe,
> > >
> > > I'm missing something, why can't you just use the output from
> > %timestamp()?
> > > Charles Wilt
> >
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