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Brenda Wilkerson
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I have a master file date in char (A20V) format of mm/dd/yyy. I need to convert it to yymmdd so I can select MIN date.

I tried this (one of many trys)

DEFINE FILE WKFLOW_DOC_TYPE_FACT

OldEndDate/A20=CHGDAT('MDYY', 'YYMD',WKFLOW_DOC_TYPE_FACT.WKFLOW_DOC_TYPE_FACT.DISPLAYMMYY, 'A8');
END

And when I use is it is blank..
Any help is greatly appreciated

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Francis Mariani
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mm/dd/yyy

More details please: Does it contain slashes? It's not really yyy, is it?


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mm/dd/yyy


How is the date formatted ?

Do you have an example ?


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Brenda Wilkerson
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Sorry, got carried with my y's

It is formated st follows:
09/29/2011



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Francis Mariani
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So, just to be sure, that A20V column has data that contains the slashes?

If so, try the following:
 
TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT
COMPUTE DISPLAYMMYY/A20V = '09/29/2011';
COMPUTE OLDENDDATE1/A8MDYY = EDIT(DISPLAYMMYY,'99$99$9999');
OLDENDDATE/YYMD = OLDENDDATE1;
BY COUNTRY
END


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Why not just do the conversion in the master?

FIELDNAME=VDATE, ALIAS=E02, USAGE=MDYY, ACTUAL=A20V, DATEPATTERN='[MM]/[DD]/[YYYY]', $

Having the DATEPATTERN will allow you to set the usage to what ever you need: YYMD, MtrDYY, etc.


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Brenda Wilkerson
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I tried your example and When I clcked the run button it doesn't run, there are no errors. I also found that there are some records that are mm/dd (01/23).

My code below, maybe I am missing something?

TABLE FILE WKFLOW_DOC_TYPE_FACT
COMPUTE DISPLAYMMYY/A20V = '09/29/2011';
COMPUTE OLDENDDATE1/A8MDYY = EDIT(DISPLAYMMYY,'99$99$9999');
OLDENDDATE/YYMD = OLDENDDATE1;
SUM
WKFLOW_DOC_TYPE_FACT.WKFLOW_DOC_TYPE_FACT.OLDENDDATE
J3.TRAN_TYPE_DIM.TRAN_TYPE_NM
WKFLOW_DOC_TYPE_FACT.WKFLOW_DOC_TYPE_FACT.DISPLAYMMYY
WKFLOW_DOC_TYPE_FACT.WKFLOW_DOC_TYPE_FACT.ACTIVE
WKFLOW_DOC_TYPE_FACT.WKFLOW_DOC_TYPE_FACT.PEND
BY LOWEST J0.USER_DIM.USER_ID
BY LOWEST J2.NODE_DIM.NODE_NM
BY LOWEST WKFLOW_DOC_TYPE_FACT.WKFLOW_DOC_TYPE_FACT.DISPLAYMMYY NOPRINT
WHERE J3.TRAN_TYPE_DIM.TRAN_TYPE_CD EQ 'E';
ON TABLE SET PAGE-NUM NOLEAD
ON TABLE NOTOTAL
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT HTML
ON TABLE SET HTMLCSS ON
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
INCLUDE = endeflt,
$
TYPE=REPORT,
COLUMN=N1,
SQUEEZE=1.680556,
$
TYPE=REPORT,
COLUMN=N2,
SQUEEZE=1.430556,
$
ENDSTYLE
END



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Brenda Wilkerson
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Got it resolved. Put it in a define and date is converted.

Thx all for you help Smiler



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Mary Watermann
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Brenda,

quote:

TABLE FILE WKFLOW_DOC_TYPE_FACT
COMPUTE DISPLAYMMYY/A20V = '09/29/2011';
COMPUTE OLDENDDATE1/A8MDYY = EDIT(DISPLAYMMYY,'99$99$9999');
OLDENDDATE/YYMD = OLDENDDATE1;
SUM



You have the COMPUTEs BEFORE the verb (SUM). Move the computes AFTER the SUM or add another verb (SUM) before the computes.


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Waz
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DATEPATTERN


Very interesting, and quite useful.

Good One


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Francis Mariani
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DATEPATTERN

Yes, that is interesting - it must be v7.7...


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Docco says 7.6


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Nice Thread
quote:
DATEPATTERN ... Yes, that is interesting
Cool It may be 7.6, but, it's new to me...
 
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