Changing system Date format

[Former Member]

Hi all,

My SAP system is generating date format as 15.05.2005.., in my table I have to update fields with Sy-datum... in this case field format should be DDMMYY...... do you have any solution for this.

Thanks & Regards

R Nittala.

[Former Member]

Hello,

Have a look at FM CONVERT_DATE_TO_INTERNAL before table update.

Regds, Murugesh AS

[Former Member]

Easiest would be as below

concatenate sy-datum+6(2)
            sy-datum+4(2)
            sy-datum+2(2)
       into v_myfield.

Regards,

Srinivas

[former_member183804]

Hello Rajesh,

the display format e.g. 15.05.2005 is a user setting. You may change this via the menu 'user data/own data/fixed values/date format'.

The ABAP runtime internally uses the format 'YYYYMMDD'. When using standard screen io (list, dynpros, ALV, BSP, Web Dynpro ..) the runtime system converts the internal representation to the display one. So normally you do not need to do a explicit conversion. One exception maybe the import of legacy data.

Best Regards

Klaus

[Former Member]

Hi,

Try this out.

• Using the WRITE statement

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data: gd_date(10). "field to store output date

• Converts date from 20020901 to 01.09.2002

write sy-datum to gd_date dd/mm/yyyy.

• Converts date from 20020901 to 01.09.02

write sy-datum to gd_date dd/mm/yy.

• Using data manipulation techniques

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data: gd_date(8). "field to store output date

• Converts date from 20010901 to 01092001

gd_date(2) = sy-datum+6(2).

gd_date2(2) = sy-datum4(2).

gd_date+4(4) = sy-datum(4).

Thanks & Regards,

Judith.