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Doug
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We use the following -SET command in a lot in our fexes to prompt the user for a date, and they seem to like the calendar prompt.

-SET &START_DT = &START_DT.(|FORMAT=YYMD).Select Start Date.QUOTEDSTRING;

However, the problem is the resulting date value is formatted like this: ‘August 26 2020’ which is nice for display, but not for screening within the WHERE statements or DM Commands like DATEADD, etc or other dialogue manager friendly for other functions like DATECVT, DATEMOV, etc.
Do you know of a way to change the format returned by the calendar, such as the YYMD format?
We’ve discovered defines work to convert it, but we need to convert it in DM and not a fex.
Thanks, Doug

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Tom Flynn
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Hey Doug,
Here's the LONG way - lol:

  
-SET &ALPHA_DT = 'August 26 2020';
-SET &GET_MONTH = GETTOK('&ALPHA_DT.EVAL', &ALPHA_DT.LENGTH, 1, ' ', 9, 'A9');
-SET &MTH_OUT =   DECODE &GET_MONTH (
-                 'January'   '01'
-                 'February'  '02'
-                 'March'     '03'
-                 'April'     '04'
-                 'May'       '05'
-                 'June'      '06'
-                 'July'      '07'
-                 'August'    '08'
-                 'September' '09'
-                 'October'   '10'
-                 'November'  '11'
-                 'December'  '12');

-SET &FMT_YYMD  = GETTOK('&ALPHA_DT.EVAL', &ALPHA_DT.LENGTH, 3, ' ', 4, 'A4') || 
-                 &MTH_OUT ||
-                 GETTOK('&ALPHA_DT.EVAL', &ALPHA_DT.LENGTH, 2, ' ', 2, 'A2');
-TYPE &FMT_YYMD
-EXIT


Tom Flynn
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Doug
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Thanks Tom... But, is there a way to change what the calendar actually outputs? Like, in good ol' days of the 'Calendar Control' settings in the 'HTML Composer'?
 
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Tom Flynn
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Sorry Doug, I did while at Fordham w/App Studio.
There was definitely a way to format the output.
Don't have that anymore - using Dev Studio.


Tom Flynn
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Doug
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NP Tom, Another one (feature) bites the dust...
 
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Doug
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I was also told that "If the fields are correctly and consistently typed in the metadata this manipulation becomes moot." So, it's all about Synonyms... I hope.
 
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Tom, I'm not the last person still using Dev Studio? (I could use App Studio but I don't like it at all).


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Tom Flynn
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Hey John,
LOL!!! Nope, there are a few of us left - personally, adapted to it for a few years.
Now in my LAST job, and, it's more of a SQL shop with WebFOCUS generating the output...


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