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raj_mainframe08
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Joined: 11 Sep 2007
Posts: 65
Location: Gurgaon
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is there any function in COBOL which helps me toget the previous date.
For Example
If today the date is 01/01/2009, it will give me 31/12/2008. Or whatever date is there, i need to have the previous date? |
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enrico-sorichetti
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Joined: 14 Mar 2007
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Location: italy
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integer-of-date and date-of integer will satisfy Your needs
workdate = integer-of-date(some-date)
workdate = workdate - 1
prevdate = date-of-integer(workdate)
I refuse to speak COBOLESE  but the logic should be clear enough
also search the forums to get additional info |
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Robert Sample
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Joined: 06 Jun 2008
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Location: Dubuque, Iowa, USA
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COMPUTE DATE-INTEGER =
FUNCTION INTEGER-OF-DATE (DATE-VALUE) .
SUBTRACT 1 FROM DATE-INTEGER.
COMPUTE YESTERDAY-VALUE =
FUNCTION DATE-OF-INTEGER (DATE-INTEGER) .
DISPLAY 'CURRENT DATE ' DATE-VALUE.
DISPLAY 'INTEGER ' DATE-INTEGER.
DISPLAY 'YESTERDAY DATE ' YESTERDAY-VALUE. |
produces as output
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CURRENT DATE 20090101
INTEGER 00149019
YESTERDAY DATE 20081231 |
where all 3 fields are PIC 9(08). |
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