Re: Date in RPGLE

[anupam.sinha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Thanks Vern.. actually i wanted 4 digit year.. date i.e. YYYYMMDD. I've 
found the solution from your and Booth;s email.
Thanks a ton..

Anupam Sinha




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Anupam

Did you really mean a 3-digit year? What do you need it to say? Or do 
you mean the first character to be the century?

The %char() function has a format parameter, such as *MYD - to have a 
result without separators, put a "0" after the format.

If you are going for CYYMMDD, you might have to use the MOVE op-code, at 
least at V5R4 with *CYMD in factor 1.

The other option is one of the CEE* date APIs - really quite easy to use.

Regards
Vern

anupam.sinha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Sorry if this was covered previously, but i could not find in relevant 
> google/archive search.
>
> Is there any opcode/function in RPGLE through which we can get the 
system 
> date in YYYMMDD format without any separators? I know how to do it with 
> data structures, but dont want to use it everytime.
>
> TIA
>
> Anupam Sinha