INTRINSIC DATE FUNCTION

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gracemanoj
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INTRINSIC DATE FUNCTION

Post by gracemanoj » Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:09 pm

Is there an intrinsic function in COBOL to convert date in the format MM/DD/YYYY to month DD, YYYY ?

For example 08/25/2009 to August 25, 2009

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Post by Anuj Dhawan » Wed Aug 26, 2009 10:31 am

AFAIK -- No. You need to write a bit of code to achieve what you want.
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Anuj

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