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<mohith>
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I need to print the date in 01-AUG-05 format. I am doing the following:
testdate/D=HDATE(REC_EFF_D,'YYMD');
testdate1/TM=HDATE(REC_EFF_D,'YYMD');
testdate2/Y=HDATE(REC_EFF_D,'YYMD');
daypart/A2=EDIT(testdate);
monthpart/A12=EDIT(testdate1);
yearpart/A2=EDIT(testdate2);
totyear/A100 = daypart || '-' || monthpart ||'-'|| yearpart;

But with this i get 01-08-05. How do I get Aug???
 
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Tony A
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The value of MYDATE2 will give you what you want, however, you MUST use LEADZERO=ON to ensure that the Day portion is a full two character.

-* Full month name in a date
SET LEADZERO=ON
DEFINE FILE GGSALES
-* DATE is I8YYMD format so change it to alpha as that
-* is what CHGDAT expects - A8YYMD is no good.
MYDATE/A8 = EDIT(DATE);
MYDATE1/A17 = CHGDAT('YYMD', 'DTMY', MYDATE, 'A17');
MYDATE2/A9 = EDIT(MYDATE1,'99-$999-$99');
END

TABLE FILE GGSALES
SUM MAX.MYDATE AS 'MYDATE'
MAX.MYDATE1 AS 'MYDATE1'
MAX.MYDATE2 AS 'MYDATE2'
BY DATE
WHERE RECORDLIMIT EQ 10
END
-EXIT
 
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Kerry
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Hi mohith,

Have you got a chance to try Tony's suggestion? Has this issue regarding date formats been resolved?

I tried Tony's code on my side and it will show the format you are looking for. Good tricks Tony!!

Here is my modified code along with other examples found, so it may be a bit easier for other newbies to read:


DEFINE FILE EMPDATA
ALPHA_HIRE/I6YMD = HIREDATE; -* CONVERT YMD FORMAT TO I6YMD
ALPHA_HIRE1/A17 = EDIT(ALPHA_HIRE); -* CONVERT I6YMD TO ALPHANUMERIC
HIRE_DMY/A17 = CHGDAT('YMD', 'DTMY', ALPHA_HIRE1, 'A17');
HIRE_DMY1/A20 = EDIT (HIRE_DMY, '99-$999-$99'); -* "MASK" THE DATE END

TABLE FILE EMPDATA
-*COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT DATE FORMATS
PRINT
HIREDATE
ALPHA_HIRE
ALPHA_HIRE1
HIRE_DMY
HIRE_DMY1
BY LASTNAME
END


Hope this helps. Big Grin

Cheers,

Kerry
 
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