Re: Date question

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

myTS = %timesstamp(%date(myString:*USA));

Charles


On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 4:15 PM, William Howie <
William.Howie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I have a situation where I need to take an alpha field containing a date
> in the format of '99/99/9999' and load it into a field of type 'Z'
> (timestamp).  The program I'm doing this in is free-format.   Any
> suggestions?   Thanks in advance!
>
> Bill
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