>Hi All
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>I'm looking for a piece of code that can return a valid date given a variety of strings that may be dates. 19980216 returns 02/16/1998 and 2/12/94 returns 02/12/1994 etc.
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>Any help would be appreciated.
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>Thanks
I have never seen anything like it, but ctod() can help with the second case. Be sure to use the correct SET DATE setting, and be aware that a date like 2/12/94 can be ambiguous (here in L.America, we would interpret it as 12 February 1994).
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