1st day of any year -- RPG400-L

Subject: 1st day of any year
From: David FOXWELL <David.FOXWELL@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:22:18 +0100
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Hi,

I need the first day of the year which will be passed a string of length 4.
I think this will work :

MyDate = %DATE ( '01.01.' + yearPassed : *EUR );

But I will still need to test in case yearPassed isn't right.

Is there an easier way or less messy one?

Thanks

Follow-Ups:

Re: 1st day of any year , James Perkins
RE: 1st day of any year , Shannon ODonnell

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