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Date-OF-Integer function

Postby Pumpkin » Fri Apr 22, 2011 5:15 pm

hi,
i was trying this function,want to convert a Gregorian date to a standard date(yyyymmdd)., but it get RC=12 error. please see the code in pic. and why it can't work ,thanks!
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Re: Date-OF-Integer function

Postby MrSpock » Fri Apr 22, 2011 5:24 pm

I'm not a COBOL programmer, but wouldn't it be COMPUTE CURRENT-DATE = FUNCTION DATE-OF-INTEGER (0147697)?
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Re: Date-OF-Integer function

Postby NicC » Fri Apr 22, 2011 7:24 pm

CURRENT-DATE is a reserved name in COBOL - it is the name of the function that returns the current date (oddly enough).
The problem I have is that people can explain things quickly but I can only comprehend slowly.
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Re: Date-OF-Integer function

Postby BillyBoyo » Fri Apr 22, 2011 7:33 pm

Good spot NicC.
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Re: Date-OF-Integer function

Postby Pumpkin » Sat Apr 23, 2011 6:19 am

yes, these function work with compute statement,can't work with move statement.
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Re: Date-OF-Integer function

Postby BillyBoyo » Sat Apr 23, 2011 12:57 pm

I saw aleady in the manual that the manual uses COMPUTE. However, GOOGLE gives 500+ hits for its use with MOVE. I've checked a couple. No-one moaning it doesn't work.

NicC is right about the Reseved Word (unless changed recently). Most Reserved Words are individual words. This one, not.
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Re: Date-OF-Integer function

Postby Robert Sample » Sat Apr 23, 2011 6:17 pm

See section 6.2.24 of the COBOL Language Reference manual on the MOVE statement. It explicitly states what a sending field may consist of -- and intrinsic functions do not fall under the sending field definition.
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Re: Date-OF-Integer function

Postby Ed Goodman » Fri Jun 24, 2011 1:14 am

Google's 500+ hits are probably all copies of this same question listed on other boards by scraper bots.
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