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Date Formats

If you wish to use the CA 2E date field type (DTE), you may need to convert the date field's data and length to match the internal stored format described by CA 2E. Dates of this field type are always stored on file in CYYMMDD format. CA 2E provides automatic date validation and mapping into the local display format.

CA 2E assimilates i OS DATE fields as field type DT#.

For more information on date field types, see the chapter "Understanding Your Data Model" and IBM IBM i Programming: Data Description Specifications Reference.