Working with date rpgle Fields without Headaches
Figuring out how to handle a date rpgle field can feel like a chore if you're stuck looking at old legacy code while trying to write something modern. We've all been there—staring at an eight-digit numeric field that's supposed to be a birthday, wondering why the original programmer didn't just use a real date data type. But honestly, RPG has come a long way, and dealing with dates is actually one of the more powerful parts of the language once you get the hang of the built-in functions. ...