ILE COBOL Language Reference


INTEGER-OF-DATE

The INTEGER-OF-DATE function converts a date in the Gregorian calendar from standard date form (YYYYMMDD) to integer date form.

The function type is integer.

The function result is a seven-digit integer with a range from 1 to 3,067,671.

Format
 
>>-FUNCTION INTEGER-OF-DATE--(--argument-1--)------------------><
 
 
argument-1
Must be an integer of the form YYYYMMDD, whose value is obtained from the calculation (YYYY * 10,000) + (MM * 100) + DD.

The returned value is an integer that is the number of days the date represented by argument-1 succeeds December 31, 1600 in the Gregorian calendar.

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