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info4pal
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Hi,

I need the date format which is in HYYMDS format and of length - 17 to be converted to this format :

Old format in the output for a date column(ABC) is 2016/05/19 22:00:00

I need the output to be displayed as May 19, 2016 10:00:00 PM.

Tried using CHGDAT function but not getting the desired output.

Could anyone please let me know how to do this?

Thanks!

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jcannavo
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When you print it why don't you just set the format as HMTDYYIA?

I.E.
 
TABLE FILE MY_REPORT
PRINT
DATE_FIELD_HERE/HMTDYYIA
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT HTML
.
.
.


JC
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Ricardo Augusto
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info4pal,

take a look here if you have $97 to spend.http://www.aviter.com/keysheet/home/dates-book/

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jcannavo
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I'm sure Vivian would appreciate your post Ricardo Smiler. Do you own the book, if so how often do you use it?


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Ricardo Augusto
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I haven´t it yet.
I own the WebFOCUS_Keysheet_56a1132003103.pdf am I use it almost every day.


$1 is around R$3.6 ( Brazil´s economy is bad atm).


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GavinL
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I bought the $22 version, for v7, and the book is more confusing than the date conversions.. Someone had to write a book on how to convert dates for a language, then that means IBI should look at making this a bit more simple.

http://www.amazon.com/WebFOCUS...-DATES/dp/B000NM10IG

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WebFOC...-FOCUS-/221558313982



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jcannavo
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Someone had to write a book on how to convert dates for a language, then that means IBI should look at making this a bit more simple.


I agree!


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eric.woerle
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When I started out, one of the guys I worked with had 1001 ways to work with dates, and it was great to use. Now I don't miss it. I can find everything I need anyways.


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info4pal
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Hi,

Thanks a lot everyone for the suggestions and solution/s.
It helped me a lot! Smiler

Regards,
IP
 
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jcannavo
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Hi IP,

If you are satisfied with the answers and feel you are set please edit the title of your original post to include [CLOSED] or [SOLVED].

Thanks!


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George Patton
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I've retired from writing WF code after 30 years(training to be a flight instructor now), but I frequently consulted the "Almost 1001 ways to work with dates" book. It's a useful tool, but I was often frustrated by the design of the book. It has too much text crammed onto every page and the illustrations are often on a different page than the accompanying explanations. Printing the book in a larger format would seem to be part of the answer, as well as fleshing out the explanations a lot more.

Just my 2 cents ....


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Squatch
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Originally posted by jcannavo:
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Someone had to write a book on how to convert dates for a language, then that means IBI should look at making this a bit more simple.


I agree!

I think companies and organizations that use WebFOCUS would be justified in hiring a full-time WebFOCUS date specialist.

And no, I wouldn't want that job!


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