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timestamp format from date and time fields rpg free

Asked by: joeschuh

Is there an easy way to create a timestamp field from a date and a time field?
I'm currently converting both the date and time fields to character using %char and then appending them together with a - in between and adding the milliseconds on the end. But it seems like there should be an easy way to just convrt to.

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2005-07-28 at 11:32:11ID21508059
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Answers

 

by: tliottaPosted on 2005-07-28 at 15:16:14ID: 14550647

Joe:

Can we assume you mean "in ILE RPG"? In any case, it doesn't seem that your described method is particularly a problem. It should be perhaps a single EVAL statement.

Can you post the relevant lines?

Tom

 

by: tliottaPosted on 2005-07-28 at 15:17:29ID: 14550658

(Heh, should've read the entire subject... "rpg free"...)

Tom

 

by: ShadowProgrammerPosted on 2005-07-29 at 01:01:46ID: 14552703

I believe the following line is the only way to do it   [which I assume is how you are doing it]
assuming
tstamp is defined as a timestamp field
tdate is defined as a date field
ttime is define as a time field

/FREE

tstamp = %timestamp( %char( tdate : *ISO ) + "-" + %char( ttime : *ISO ) + ".000000" )

/END-FREE


Tony.

 

by: ShadowProgrammerPosted on 2005-07-29 at 01:03:27ID: 14552710

PS. you could write a procedure to do it and bind it to your program,

but.. to me...  that seems a bit over the top for a one liner !!

Tony.

 

by: daveslaterPosted on 2005-07-29 at 05:26:09ID: 14553919

Hi
am I missing somthing?
why not simply do


d dtdate          s               d     Inz(*sys)            
d tmTime          s               t     Inz(*sys)            
d ts              s               z                          
C                  Eval      ts = DtDate + tmtime          

Dave

 

by: joeschuhPosted on 2005-07-29 at 07:15:14ID: 14554758

ts = DtDate + tmtime
yes that's it. I knew it was something simple but I kept trying to put the date and time inside a %timestamp() statement.

I feel a little silly now.

thanks Dave

 

by: daveslaterPosted on 2005-07-31 at 14:57:50ID: 14566408

Hey  joeschuh

don't worry - I am normally the first to try an over-complicate things.

Dave

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