date format conversion

[Former Member]

hi

my output in txt file is having some date fields and in that the date format as coming is yyyymmdd

but i need to generate the fields in output as in format ddmmyyy

pls suggest how to do the same or which function module to acheive the same

regards

Nishant

[DirkAltmann]

Hi Nishant,

change the date field in an character field and write the date field in this character field.

Sample:

data gf_strdate(10) type c.

write sy-datum to gf_strdate DD/MM/YYYY.

regards

Dirk