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SSurana
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Hi,

What is the best way to remove the timestamp from a datetime field in WebFocus?
e.g. From ‘2015/08/31 00:00:00.000’, keep only 2015/08/31 and remove the timestamp: 00:00:00.000.

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WebFOCUS 8
Windows, All Outputs
 
Posts: 10 | Registered: July 18, 2016Report This Post
BabakNYC
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If you have an HYYMDS, get rid of the S.

Say you have a field called ORDERDATE which is defined as HYYMDS in the metadata. You can reformat it by doing this:

TABLE FILE ORDERS
SUM FREIGHT
BY ORDERDATE
BY ORDERDATE/HYYMD
END

You'll get something that looks like this:
ORDERDATE	                ORDERDATE       FREIGHT
1996/07/04 12:00:00.000000AM	1996/07/04	32.3800


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SSurana
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Thanks a lot, Guru! That worked.
I see the date in format YYYY/MM/DD. Is there a way I can change this to MM/DD/YYYY?


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BabakNYC
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Yes. You can extract or move around any part of the HYYMD fields like this:

TABLE FILE ORDERS
SUM FREIGHT
BY ORDERDATE
BY ORDERDATE/HMDYY
END


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SSurana
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Thanks for all your help, Guru! I really appreciate it!


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