Adabas Pre-Compiler provides four routines for converting the Date and Time format fields into date and time in a readable form.

A Date format field is generated in the record buffer as a packed field with 7 digits. A Time format field is generated as a packed field with 13 digits. The values in these fields are meaningless for the programmer and therefore the conversion routines are necessary.

You must run these routines manually.

The following routines are available:

This routine converts a Date format into a numeric field.

It accepts two parameters:

The routine converts the date in the packed field and returns the correct value in the first parameter.

This routine converts a numeric field into a Date format.

It accepts two parameters:

The routine converts the number in the first parameter into a Date format and returns it in the second parameter.

This routine converts a Time format into a numeric field with the date and another numeric field with the time.

It accepts three parameters:

The routine converts the time in the third parameter and returns the date in the first parameter and the time in that date in the second parameter.

This routine converts a numeric date and a numeric time within that date into a Time format.

It accepts three parameters:

The routine converts the date in the first parameter and the time in the second parameter into a Time format field and returns it the third parameter.