Dates in Strings

[Chris Sharman]

>I'm trying to build a string in Quiz so on a single header line the
>output will look like:
>
>   ProdClass TProduct 16V8D-15QJ  Ship Date Range: From MAR-22-1998  To
>OCT-19-1998  Cust Name John Doe
>
>Below is some test code that works.  Is there an easier way to get the
>dates in that long format from date types?  I thought there was a way to
>directly get the character month from a date, but can't find it under
>Sun.  Maybe I'm thinking about VMS Lexicals.

As far as I know, there's nothing available, only the manual technique you've
used. Perhaps Cognos will give us a formatdate to go with the very useful
formatnumber.

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Chris Sharman			Chris.Sharman@CCAgroup.co.uk
CCA Stationery Ltd, Eastway, Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire, PR2 9WS.
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