RE: Using Subdur

[Jerry Adams <Jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Klement
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 6:50 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: Using Subdur

Adam West wrote:
> Also the dates in my file are YYMMDD. I would use the UDATE which is
> MMDDYY..

> Unless your code needs to be S/36 compatible, don't use UDATE.  There
> are many, many better ways to do things.

> a) Do you really want the job date instead of the system date?   The job
> date reports the date that your job started (i.e. the date that you
> signed on, or the date that a batch job was submitted).  The system
> date, by contrast, is the current date.


Actually, based on parts of Adam's original post, the job date (UDATE) may be exactly what he wants/needs.  The job is submitted on Sunday, but he didn't say what time, but, at any rate, it *may* run past midnight.  At which point using the system date would yield incorrect results.

Jerry C. Adams
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