Procedure Modules › Universal Date Conversion (CULLUS15) › How to Use CULLUS15

How to Use CULLUS15

To invoke CULLUS15:

First—Define the input date:

• On a REC parameter, if the date is part of an input record
• On a work field, if the value is supplied during the CA Culprit run

Second—Issue one or more calls to CULLUS15 in type 7 logic:

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RPT-nn7sss CALL US15 (input-field-v date-type-qv input-format-code-qv
                      output-format-code-qv output-field-v)

• Rpt-nn, coded in columns 2 and 3, specifies a 2-digit number in the range 00 through 99 that identifies the CA Culprit report.
• Sss, coded in columns 5 through 7, specifies a 3-digit number indicating the sequence number of the type 7 parameter.
• Input-field-v (ARG1) requires the name of the field containing the date.
• Date-type-qv (ARG2), enclosed in single quotation marks, requires an alphanumeric literal to define the data type of the input field (ARG1):

• Input-format-code-qv (ARG3), enclosed in single quotation marks, requires the name of a 3-character alphanumeric work field or alphanumeric literal that defines the format of input-field-v (ARG1):
• Output-format-code-qv (ARG4), enclosed in single quotation marks, requires the name of a 3-character alphanumeric work field or alphanumeric literal that specifies the date format for output-field-v (ARG5). Valid format codes appear above.
• Output-field-v (ARG5) requires the name of an 8-byte packed decimal work field that receives the converted date.