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AS/400 SQL Date Syntax

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Hi all, I have a quick question about the syntax for an SQL statement I am writing.  I need to know how to do an UPDATE statement such as:

UPDATE U269672.MYFILE SET [Date Created] = .....(a value that an AS/400 file recognizes as a date).....WHERE.....(rest of code I know).....

Does anyone know the syntax?  I know that you use the '#' characters in Access, but that doesn't seem to work on the pass-through query I am writing for the AS/400 SQL.

Thanks in Advance,

Greg
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Comment by shamakant_sharma
If you want to update it with current date best easy way is following

UPDATE U269672.MYFILE SET [Date Created] = current date .....WHERE.....(rest of code I know).....


"CURRENT DATE" is syntax in DB2/SQL which returns the current system date
 
 
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