Re: Problem with dates while converting RPGIII to IV -- RPG400-L

Subject: Re: Problem with dates while converting RPGIII to IV
From: Barbara Morris <bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:01:48 -0400
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On 2012/9/11 10:26 AM, Michael Schutte wrote:

Couldn't you put in the HSPECS
H CvtOpt(*DATETIME)
to resolve this issue.

If all you are doing is converting from RPGIII to RPGIV, this should work.

That seems like a good idea for the first step in the conversion. Then Dave can gradually work through the source members that still have CVTOPT(*DATETIME) and fix them so they handle those fields as true dates.

I guess the danger is that once it's working that way, it will be considered "not broken" and they will never get changed to use true dates.

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