ABAP and dates

[Former Member]

Hi there,

I was wondering if there was a way to check whether an inputted parameter was YYYYMM and not YYYYMMDD.

[Former Member]

You can check the string length of that parameter.

e.g. Use STRLN(P_DATE)

[bpawanchand]

Hi

Check out this Code Hope it gives you an idea

DATA :

w_dat1 TYPE sy-datum,

w_dat2 TYPE d VALUE '20080530'.

w_dat1 = sy-datum.

IF w_dat1(6) EQ w_dat2(6).

WRITE :

/ 'Both dates are same'.

ELSEIF w_dat1(6) NE w_dat2(6).

WRITE :

/ 'Both are Ne'.

ENDIF.

Regards

Pavan

[Former Member]

hi,

There is no such way i m afraid.

But you can validate that thing in ur code.

Create a parameter of 6 characters length not an 8 char long.

Then usin offset select the year and month part and validate the date accordingly.

Hope this will help.

Reward points if helpful.

Regards

Sumit Agarwal

[Former Member]

Hi,

You can check like this also

At Selection-screen.

w_len = strlen( p_date ).

if w_len eq 6 and p_date+4(2) gt 12.

message 'Date format is wrong enter only YYYYMM'.

elseif w_len ne 6 .

message 'Date format is wrong enter only YYYYMM'.

endif.

Regards,

Rajitha.

[Former Member]

Thanks guys,

I'll try Raji's idea. points awarded

[Former Member]

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Edited by: Jan Stallkamp on Jun 30, 2008 2:56 PM

Edited by: Jan Stallkamp on Jun 30, 2008 2:59 PM