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Ted Michalski
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Using this code:
CUTOFF_DATE_PLUS_1/MtrDYY = CUT_OFF_DT + 1 ;

I get September 1, 2010, which is correct.

But how can I convert this to alpha so I can use this date in an alphanumeric concatenation??

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FrankDutch
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There is a great book available for only 25 U$
It gives you almost 1001 tips and trics on dates and conversions




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T.Peters
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Aren't date formats alpha by their nature?


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ABT
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no, but many dbms' display them as text which may lead you to believe they are. The same as Integers look like text, but you can't add 2 text columns (even if there is numeric data contained).

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Tom Flynn
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Ted,

You can't use a report formatting date to do what you want. This will work:
  
APP PREPENDPATH IBISAMP
-RUN
DEFINE FILE CAR
  XDATE/YYMD = '&DATEYYMD';
  CUTOFF_DATE_PLUS_1/YYMD = XDATE + 1 ; 
END
TABLE FILE CAR
SUM
  CUTOFF_DATE_PLUS_1
WHERE RECORDLIMIT EQ 1;
 BY COUNTRY NOPRINT
  ON TABLE SAVE
END
-RUN
-READ SAVE, &CUTOFF
-TYPE &CUTOFF

-SET &ENGL_DT   = LCWORD(17,CHGDAT('YYMD', 'MDYYX', &CUTOFF.EVAL, 'A17'), 'A17');
-SET &ENGL_MO   = GETTOK('&ENGL_DT.EVAL', 17, 1, ' ', 17, 'A17');
-SET &ENGL_DA   = GETTOK('&ENGL_DT.EVAL', 17, 2, ' ', 17, 'A17');
-SET &ENGL_YR   = GETTOK('&ENGL_DT.EVAL', 17, 3, ' ', 17, 'A17');
-SET &ENGL_DATE = &ENG_MO || (' ' | &ENG_DA) || ',' || (' ' | &ENG_YR);
-TYPE &ENGL_DATE

Now, you can use &ENGL_DATE ...

hth


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Kerry
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Thanks for everyone's input.

Ted, suggestion from our expert: Please refer to the DATETRAN function which has been available since 7.6.1. The basic overview is:

DATETRAN(indate, '(intype)', '(formatopts)', 'lang', outlen, outfield)
Formats dates in International formats

DATETRAN(DATEFIELD, '(MDYY)', '(wrctrdo)', 'EN', 150, FMTDATE) will print: Tuesday, March 17th 2009

Cheers,

Kerry


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