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From version 7.0.00 - This program compares two dates returning if the To date is greater than (GT), less than (LT) or equal to (EQ) the From Date.
Note: If there is an error in the supplied dates or date formats then blank will be returned.
Parameter |
In |
Len |
Out |
Len |
PARM1 |
From Date string |
50 |
Compare value: GT, LT, EQ or blank |
2 |
PARM2 |
From Date format (default *DMY) |
7 |
- |
|
PARM3 |
To Date string |
50 |
- |
|
PARM4 |
To Date format (default *DMY) |
|
- |
|
PARM5 |
- |
|
- |
|
PARM6 |
- |
|
- |
|
Valid Date Formats
This is where you can specify the format of the date string to be converted. All valid date separators will be removed automatically before comparing. The valid date separators are the slash (/), hyphen (-), period (.), and comma (,).
Example Date Format
If your date is in the format mm/dd/yy you would specify *MDY as your Date format.
Format |
Description |
*MDY |
The date has the month, day, year format, mmddyy. |
*MDYY |
The date has the month, day, year format, mmddyyyy. |
*DMY |
The date has the day, month, year format, ddmmyy. |
*DMYY |
The date has the day, month, year format, ddmmyyyy. |
*YMD |
The date has the year, month, day format, yymmdd. |
*YYMD |
The date has the year, month, day format, yyyymmdd. |
*CYMD |
The date has the century, year, month, day format, cyymmdd, where c is 0 for years 1928 through 1999 and is 1 for years 2000 through 2071. |
*JUL |
The date has the Julian format, yyddd. |
*ISO |
The date has the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) date format, yyyy-mm-dd. |
*USA |
The date has the United States date format, mm/dd/yyyy. |
*EUR |
The date has the European date format, dd.mm.yyyy. |
*JIS |
The date has the Japanese Industrial Standard date format, yyyy-mm-dd. |
*LONGJUL |
The date has the long Julian format, yyyyddd. |
