>Jim Selman <[log in to unmask]> asks
>
>Does anyone know if Suprtool (from Robelle) can format an ASK MANMAN date
>(integer date that starts in 1972) to a calendar date such as MM/DD/YY?
 
Jim, Suprtool can compare ASK MANMAN dates in the IF command but it
cannot convert them into regular dates in the OUTPUT command which is
probably what you want. It's a good idea though.
 
Does anyone know a simple algorithm for converting ASK dates to YYMMDD?
I understand ASK dates are based on  day 1 = Jan 1/1972  but I have also
heard that there is a "200 day gap" somewhere in there too.
Is that true?
 
Anyway Jim, if you only wanted to compare the dates you will need an ITEM
command to define the date type.  e.g.
  ...
  >GET   dataset
  >ITEM  date-field,DATE,ASK
  >IF    date-field > $today(-30)
  ...
Hope this helps, call me if you need more help.
 
Paul Gobes,  Robelle Technical Support   1-800-561-8311
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