ZZUtils - ZZDATES

ZZDATES displays dates in various formats.  Specify a date in one format to view it in all other formats.

This utility is useful where date-format or nines-complement date-format fields are stored in ADABAS files, and especially where those fields are used in superdescriptors.  Often these field values will be seen as "packed dates" or "complemented dates" (ie 7-digit numbers) rather than in one of the user-friendly external formats, such as mm/dd/yy.  ZZDATES will display these odd formats in normal formats.

ZZDATES is in the object module section of ZZUtils, a collection of Natural utilities.  Look for more information in my Natural Tips & Techniques section - Tip 2, Starting value in a READ by superdescriptor.


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 ZZDATES  Natural Utilities                                       98-02-28 15:20 
          Date Conversions 
 

          Specify a date in one format to view it in all other formats. 
 

                 Internal: 02/28/1998        Saturday, February 28, 1998 

                   Packed: 729812            Complement: 9270187 

                   Julian: 98059 

                Timestamp: B015795A872D7000 

                    Roman: MCMXCVIII 
 
 
 
 

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Last updated April 25, 1998, by Ralph G. Zbrog.