Re: Using Subdur

[Adam West <adamster@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm sorry, I misrepresented the question. I  see how to get the various days here. But I have to read a file that has the dates as conventional Numeric YYMMDD. This is the problem.

--- On Tue, 7/1/08, Michael_Schutte@xxxxxxxxxxxx <Michael_Schutte@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Michael_Schutte@xxxxxxxxxxxx <Michael_Schutte@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Using Subdur
To: "RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2008, 8:41 PM

I'll show you again.

// assuming that program is running on sunday.
Eval Monday = %Dec(%Date(UDATE:*MDY)-%Days(6):*YMD);

setll (monday) file;
read file;
dow not %eof();
Enddo;



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rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 07/01/2008 04:30:03 PM:

> They are date fields but how to I get UDATE into this, since it is
> not a date - field? I need udate to know what my starting point is.
>
> --- On Tue, 7/1/08, Alan Shore <AlanShore@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Alan Shore <AlanShore@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Using Subdur
> To: "RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries"
<rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2008, 7:13 PM
>
> Actually SUBDUR can also give you a date by adding or subtracting
> *DAYS,*WEEKS,*MONTHS, *YEARS from one date
> To obtain Mondays date
> Assuming
> SUNDAYSDATE is a date field
> MONDAYSDATE is a date field
> then
>  C     Sundaysdate       subdur    6:*Days       MondaysDate
>
>
>
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> rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 07/01/2008 02:46:02 PM:
>
> > HI In this case, I have to take a report and make it a weekly. I
> > would have this set to run on Every Sunday. I am not quite sure how
> > to get to the previous Monday. Subdur only tells me how many days
> > between 2 dates. I need to go back what 6 days and cap it for 4 more.
> >
> > Also the dates in my file are YYMMDD. I would use the UDATE which is
> MMDDYY..
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >
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