We have a field called service_date. It prints like this:

2015/04/26 00:00:00.000

...not very appealing. We'd prefer 04/26/2014.

When I hover over the field it says its type is: Real and format is: HYYMDs.

I thought I could change the usage to DMY or MDY...no luck it throws an error:

(FOC1418) ACTUAL/USAGE TYPE MISMATCH FOR DATETIME FIELD.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: RobertF,

If your using SQL to pull your data, you can use something like this

 
CAST (DATE_TIME AS CHAR(10)) AS DATE
 

OR in a DEFINE

 
DATE/A10    = HCNVRT(DATE1, '(HYYMD)', 20, 'A10');

 

Then you can manipulate further if you want it changed to show MM/DD/YYY.

I am sure there are dozen other ways.

hmmm...I tried this:
DOS/A10=HCNVRT(PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW.PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW.SERVICE_DATE, '(HYYMD)', 10, 'A10');

I get this error:
FOC2590 - AGGREGATION NOT DONE FOR THE FOLLOWING REASON:
FOC2565 - THE OBJECT OF BY/ACROSS CANNOT BE CONVERTED TO SQL
FOC2566 - DEFINE DOS CANNOT BE CONVERTED TO SQL
FOC2567 - FUNCTION HCNVRT CANNOT BE CONVERTED TO SQL

http://infocenter.informationb...rce%2Fdatetime14.htm

Use HDATE()

Try this

PRINT_DATE/HMDYY=PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW.PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW.SERVICE_DATE;

quote:

PRINT_DATE/HMDYY=PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW.PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW.SERVICE_DATE;

yeilds this: FOC2590 - AGGREGATION NOT DONE FOR THE FOLLOWING REASON:
FOC2565 - THE OBJECT OF BY/ACROSS CANNOT BE CONVERTED TO SQL
FOC2566 - DEFINE PRINT_DATE CANNOT BE CONVERTED TO SQL
FOC2584 - CANNOT IMPLICITLY CONVERT VALUE OF FIELD SERVICE_DATE TO USAGE HMDYY

fyi..here is soe of the code..

DEFINE FILE PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW
LOCATIONGROUP/A10=IF J3.POS_VW.FACILITY_TYPE__CODE EQ 11 THEN 'OFFICE' ELSE 'OTHER';
PRINT_DATE/HMDYY=PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW.PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW.SERVICE_DATE;
END
TABLE FILE PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW
SUM
PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW.PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW.PROCEDURE_QUANTITY AS 'Units'
PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW.PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW.RVU_WORK AS 'wRVUs'
BY LOWEST PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW.PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW.PERIOD_OF_POST_DATE
BY LOWEST J1.PROVIDER_VW.SUI
BY LOWEST J1.PROVIDER_VW.PROVIDER_NAME
BY LOWEST J3.POS_VW.LOCATIONGROUP
BY LOWEST J2.BILL_AREA_VW.BILL_AREA_NUM AS 'CC'
BY LOWEST PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW.PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW.PATIENT_NAME
BY LOWEST PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW.PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW.SERVICE_DATE
BY LOWEST J0.CPT_CODE_VW.CPT_CODE AS 'Cpt'
BY LOWEST J0.CPT_CODE_VW.CPT_NAME AS 'Cpt Name'
WHERE

Will a simple reformatting work?

DEFINE FILE PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW
 LOCATIONGROUP/A10 = IF J3.POS_VW.FACILITY_TYPE__CODE EQ 11 THEN 'OFFICE' ELSE 'OTHER';
END
-*
TABLE FILE PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW
 SUM
  PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW.SERVICE_DATE/HMDYY
  PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW.PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW.PROCEDURE_QUANTITY AS 'Units'
  PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW.PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW.RVU_WORK AS 'wRVUs'
 BY  LOWEST PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW.PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW.PERIOD_OF_POST_DATE
 BY  LOWEST J1.PROVIDER_VW.SUI
 BY  LOWEST J1.PROVIDER_VW.PROVIDER_NAME
 BY  LOWEST LOCATIONGROUP
 BY  LOWEST J2.BILL_AREA_VW.BILL_AREA_NUM AS 'CC'
 BY  LOWEST PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW.PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW.PATIENT_NAME
 BY  LOWEST PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW.PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW.SERVICE_DATE
 BY  LOWEST J0.CPT_CODE_VW.CPT_CODE AS 'Cpt'
 BY  LOWEST J0.CPT_CODE_VW.CPT_NAME AS 'Cpt Name'
 WHERE...

Example using the CAR file ...

-*
-TYPE +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
-TYPE +++ SET CURRENT EXTRACT DTS +++
-TYPE +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
-SET &CUR_DTS = &DATEYYMD | EDIT (&TOD, ' 99$:99$:99');
-TYPE ---------------------------------------------------------
-TYPE CUR_DTS ---------- &CUR_DTS
-TYPE ---------------------------------------------------------
-RUN
-*-EXIT
-*
DEFINE FILE CAR
DATE1/HYYMDs = DT(2015/04/26 00:00:00);
DATE2/MDYY = HDATE(DATE1, 'MDYY');
-*
CUR_DATE1/HYYMDs = DT(&CUR_DTS);
CUR_DATE2/MDYY = HDATE(CUR_DATE1, 'MDYY');
END
-*
TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT
DATE1
DATE2
-*
CUR_DATE1
CUR_DATE2
BY COUNTRY
END

I think HDATE is the way to go, it extracts the date portion of the date time stamp.

Another option if the time is never needed, is to change the master from HYYMDs to YYMD

I will look at HDATE.

Waz,
What do I change in the master file? Usage? Under Usage, Type? I tried changing that from HYYMDs to YYMD. The fex then throws the type mismatch error.

This master file is against a view that was set up for us...not sure if that is factoring in...

Maybe the HDATE thing will work...I wish I could just right click the field in the GUI and pick the format I want...

quote:

Another option if the time is never needed, is to change the master from HYYMDs to YYMD

I very often do this for RDBMS synonyms if only Date is required without time.

I duplicate the datetime row in the synonym like this -

FIELDNAME=service_date, ALIAS=service_date, USAGE=HYYMDS, ACTUAL=HYYMDS, $
FIELDNAME=service_yymd, ALIAS=service_date, USAGE=YYMD, ACTUAL=DATE, $

Note that the ALIAS MUST always relate the actual column name in the RDBMS. If you want an internal date format then the ACTUAL needs to be changed to DATE with the USAGE reflecting the format that you want used in your report.

This normally converts to SQL just fine.

T

Nice,

quote:

I am sure there are dozen other ways.

There's a good reference book: "(Almost) 1001 Ways to Work With DATES in WEBFOCUS"... Check it out...

here is what turned out to work...Jeeeez!


DOS/A20 = EDIT(DATECVT(HDATE( PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW.PB_TRANSACTION_CHARGES_VW.SERVICE_DATE , 'MDYY'),'MDYY','A8MDYY'),'99/99/9999')

quote:

We have a field called service_date. It prints like this:

2015/04/26 00:00:00.000

...not very appealing. We'd prefer 04/26/2014.

I just saw this post and even though it's closed, I'll add my 2 cents worth.

Although the empty timestamp is obviously redundant the date format IMHO is the only one worth considering and using.

1) It is the only format where dates will sort automatically even in alphanumerc format

2) There is no confusion about what is the month or the day

3) It is the internationally accepted SI format.

Here in Canada things are moving at a glacial pace towards acceptance of the SI format (blank cheques issued by all the banks require the date to be entered in SI format, for example). Some businesses uses DD/MM/YYYY and others (mostly American subsidiaries) use MM/DD/YYYY. Of all the different formats MM/DD/YYYY is the least defensible as far as I'm concerned.

quote:

Of all the different formats MM/DD/YYYY is the least defensible as far as I'm concerned.

T

Ditto