REXX Date Routine Help (Julian to

gringgo

I have a REXX program written by someone else that extracts data from the RACF database and lists several dates. The date format in the output file comes out as yy.ddd, which is a Julian and/or Ordinal date.

The error message listed below shows my attempt at converting to mm/dd/yy format.

Here is the code that I have so far.

IF VUSER = SUBSTR(TAB.LINE#,1,4) THEN DO
KUSER = SUBSTR(TAB.LINE#,6,8)
USER = SUBSTR(TAB.LINE#,6,8)
NAME = SUBSTR(TAB.LINE#,19,20)
CREATDT = SUBSTR(TAB.LINE#,65,6) {this gets me yy.ddd}
CREATED = DATE('J',CREATDT,'U') {hope to get mm/dd/yy}
END

Here is the error message:

49 +++ CREATED = DATE('J',CREATDT,'U')
IRX0040I Error running V100#WSD, line 49: Incorrect call to routine

The ultimate goal is to convert yy.ddd to yyyy/mm/dd.

Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

John

superk

gringgo

superk,

Thank you for the reponse, but try as I may, I continue to get the same error. I put the code is as you stated and below is the outcome. I don't know why the '5' and '7' exist in the PARSE statement, but I also tried it without and received the same error.

52 +++ PARSE VALUE DATE('S',CREATYY||CREATDDD,'J') WITH CCYY 5 MM 7 DD
IRX0040I Error running V100#WSD, line 52: Incorrect call to routine

IF VUSER = SUBSTR(TAB.LINE#,1,4) THEN DO
KUSER = SUBSTR(TAB.LINE#,6,8)
USER = SUBSTR(TAB.LINE#,6,8)
NAME = SUBSTR(TAB.LINE#,19,20)
CREATYY = SUBSTR(TAB.LINE#,65,2)
CREATDDD = SUBSTR(TAB.LINE#,68,3)
PARSE VALUE DATE('S',CREATYY||CREATDDD,'J') WITH CCYY 5 MM 7 DD
CREATED = CCYY'/'MM'/'DD
END

John

superk

Try just

CREATED = DATE('S',CREATYY||CREATDDD,'J')

and then maybe you can just do some re-formatting on CREATED.

Otherwise, post some TRACE I output for this section of code.