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Printer File Coding Standards - Field Editing

The following standards apply to field editing:

• Suppress signs on numeric fields where they are irrelevant, for example, on numeric codes, by means of the appropriate edit code or edit word.
• Edit dates using the DDS edit word facility, thus: EDTWRD(‘ / / 0’). This ensures that input-capable fields that are dates, are blank when zero.
• Edit time fields with EDTWRD(‘ : : 0’). This ensures that input capable fields, which represent times, are blank when zero.
• Suppress leading zeroes when displaying amounts—but print zero balances, since columns stand out better if they do not contain holes. For example,