How to get the previous week date ranges in cobol

rajeshwarch · New User Joined: 24 Mar 2008 Posts: 29 Location: mumbai

Hi everybody,

I have to setup a weekly job. In this program i need to read a file based on from and to dates. the from and to dates are the current week range. for example the job is running on 5th sep 2009(night batch cycle) the date range should be 1st sep 2009 to 5th sep 2009.

Thanks,
vijay

Robert Sample · Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 6:29 pm

There is a link to manuals at the top of the page. Click on it, find the COBOL Language Reference manual, and read up on functions INTEGER-OF-DATE and DATE-OF-INTEGER. You can use them to achieve your goal.

Ketan Varhade · Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 7:52 pm

Even if u search the forum you will find post regarding this

Bill O'Boyle · Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 9:03 pm

Keep in mind that functions INTEGER-OF-DATE, DATE-OF-INTEGER, etc were not introduced until COBOL/370.

If your version/release of COBOL is either OS/VS COBOL or VS/COBOL II, then review the Callable Date routines available in Language Environment (LE).

Note that LE needs to have been loaded into your LPAR by your system's staff.

Bill

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 9:32 pm

a hint on week date calculations
ibmmainframes.com/viewtopic.php?t=28353&highlight=week