mmm_yy date edit

[Jay R. Ashworth]

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On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 10:45:22AM -0600, Faisal Karim wrote:
> I already tried that and it does not convert still:
> 
> aa(8,mdy/)
> ab(6,mmm_yy)
     ^
> aa="12/15/03"
> 
> ab = aa;display
> 
> ab = blank

Remember, when you use an edit to do data conversion, the length of the
target field has to be big enough to contain the *source* data, even if
the *edited* data doesn't require that much length.

Try it with ab(8... and see what happens.

Cheers,
-- jra
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