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IDATE Conversion RoutineLocate this document in the navigation structure

Use

This conversion routine assigns the appropriate internal date presentation (YYYYMMDD) to an external date (01JAN1994, for example).

Note

Call up the test report RSSCA1T0 to be able to better visualize the functionality of this routine. This test report contains the complete date conversion with external as well as internal presentations.

Example

Conversion from an external format into an internal format:

'02JAN1994' → '19940102'