DATE DATA TYPE IN RPGLE

0004.00 ddate             s               d   inz(D'2004-12-12')
0005.00 D                                     DATFMT(*JUL)     


DATFMT

Format Name	Description	Format (Default Separator)	Valid Separators	Length	Example
2-Digit Year Formats
*MDY	Month/Day/Year	mm/dd/yy	/ - . , '&'	8	01/15/96
*DMY	Day/Month/Year	dd/mm/yy	/ - . , '&'	8	15/01/96
*YMD	Year/Month/Day	yy/mm/dd	/ - . , '&'	8	96/01/15
*JUL	Julian	yy/ddd	/ - . , '&'	6	96/015
4-Digit Year Formats
*ISO	International Standards Organization	yyyy-mm-dd	-	10	1996-01-15
*USA	IBM USA Standard	mm/dd/yyyy	/	10	01/15/1996
*EUR	IBM European Standard	dd.mm.yyyy	.	10	15.01.1996
*JIS	Japanese Industrial Standard Christian Era	yyyy-mm-dd	-	10	1996-01-15

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