Re: Date variables in Xy III

["Chris Madsen" cmadsen@xxxxxxxx]

I don't know if this was a slip of the finger as you typed this, but the
code should be ≪SX01,≪DAyyyymmdd≫ ≫.

I don't have Xy III installed to test, but you can always resort to

BC da yyyymmdd

and then defining and capturing the text output into a SV.

Chris.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Patricia M Godfrey" 
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Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 11:49 AM
Subject: Date variables in Xy III


> Is there any way to get a text date in Xy III (i.e., not the ≪DA≫ code
> but the plain ASCII numbers of a date) in a purely numeric format (e.g.,
> 20031020)? XyIII won't save a date with SX; one gets "command entry
> error." I've tried putting it in quotes, à la Carl's very, very helpful
> examples--thanks, Carl; clearest discussion of this topic I've seen--,
> saving it twice with ≪SV01≪DAyyyymmdd≫≪SV02,≪IS01≫≫, even loading
> a printer file with a DF DA=yyyymmdd and then issuing Today. Nothing
> works. I suppose one could use ≪IS01≫ and then typef, but one of the
> reasons I'm trying to do this in XyIII is so I WON"T have to typef, but
> can store the resultant file (in Xy 4, of course, stored files have that
> dratted LOG code at the end, so they won't work as batch files, which is
> what I want).
> Patricia
>
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