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How to create a default date

Former Member — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:47:14 GMT

How can a create a default date from SY-datum that will give a date with a format like YYYYMMDD?

Edited by: Alvin Rosales on Oct 16, 2008 10:47 AM

Re: How to create a default date

Sandeep_Panghal — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:48:57 GMT

Hi,

Use FM CONVERT_DATE_TO_INTERN_FORMAT --> Convert ddmmyyyy to yyyymmdd

Regards,

Sandeep

Re: How to create a default date

Former Member — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:50:39 GMT

Hi Alvin

Try this code

DATA : DATE TYPE CHAR10.

CALL FUNCTION 'FORMAT_DATE_4_OUTPUT'
  EXPORTING
    DATIN         = SY-DATUM
    FORMAT        = 'YYYYMMDD'
 IMPORTING
   DATEX         = DATE
          .

WRITE : / DATE.

Regards

Re: How to create a default date

Former Member — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:03:32 GMT

i cant put the outputed value in a parameter as default

Re: How to create a default date

JozsefSzikszai — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:10:00 GMT

I don't understand what is the problem here... sy-datum has actually format like YYYYMMDD

Re: How to create a default date

Former Member — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:10:48 GMT

Hi,

I did not understand your question properly. But if you want to put default date try this.

PARAMETERS : P_DATE TYPE CHAR20 DEFAULT SY-DATUM.

Regards

Re: How to create a default date

Sandeep_Panghal — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:11:28 GMT

Hi,

Yes u can make this date as default under INITIALIZATION event.

Regards,

Sandeep

Re: How to create a default date

Former Member — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:14:50 GMT

Its simple .

PARAMETERS DATUM LIKE SY-DATUM DEFAULT '20081224'.

Re: How to create a default date

Former Member — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:21:16 GMT

CALL FUNCTION 'FORMAT_DATE_4_OUTPUT'

EXPORTING

datin = sy-datum

format = 'YYYYMMDD'

IMPORTING

datex = v_date.

this is a goood answer but i cant place the v_date into the parameters at selection screen, the value of vdate doesnt appear in the selection screen

Re: How to create a default date

Former Member — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:21:44 GMT

Hi, Alvin, i just want to say format of sy-datum is yyyymmdd if you do not use the statement 'Write' to output.

Re: How to create a default date

JozsefSzikszai — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:23:23 GMT


> CALL FUNCTION 'FORMAT_DATE_4_OUTPUT'
>   EXPORTING
>     datin  = sy-datum
>     format = 'YYYYMMDD'
>   IMPORTING
>     datex  = v_date.
>  
> this is a goood answer but i cant place the v_date into the parameters at selection screen, the value of vdate doesnt appear in the selection screen

actually the above code does not change anything, just waste of time (told already that the format of sy-datum is YYYYMMDD), you only need:

PARAMETERS : p_date TYPE sy-datum DEFAULT sy-datum.

Re: How to create a default date

Former Member — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:23:42 GMT

Hi Alvin,

I think this solves the problem right?

PARAMETERS : P_DATE TYPE CHAR20 DEFAULT SY-DATUM.

Have you tried it ?

Regards

Edited by: Rajvansh Ravi on Oct 16, 2008 11:24 AM

Re: How to create a default date

Former Member — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:24:45 GMT

Re: How to create a default date

Former Member — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:27:15 GMT

hi this will work ..

parameters : ss(8) type c .

initialization.

CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERT_DATE_TO_INTERN_FORMAT'

EXPORTING

datum = sy-datum

dtype = 'YYYYDDMM'

IMPORTING

ERROR =

IDATE = ss.

MESSG =
MSGLN =

YOU CAN USE ANOTHER OPTION.

parameters : ss(8) type c default sy-datum.

Edited by: swati gupta on Oct 16, 2008 11:29 AM

Re: How to create a default date

Former Member — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:35:27 GMT

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