Date issue when downloading ....

[Former Member]

My Requirement is to display date in Text format like

02-21-2009 in

March 21 , 2009

I have done it sucesfully through the FM CONVERSION_EXIT_LDATE_OUTPUT

which it is sucesfully displaying as March 21 , 2009 but issue coming while downloading !!

I am using GUI_DOWNLOAD

where in the excel it is displaying l as 21-Mar-09

Please can any one help me to solve this

Regards

sas....

[Former Member]

Hi,

I suppose it has nothing to do in the coding. In order to get the format as March 21 , 2009, change the excel setting by choosing format cell option and under date category choose the format you require.

Regards,

Vik

[Former Member]

Hi SAS,

You can try copying the output date (ie. 21-March-09) into a character type variable instead of a date type variable.

You can then correspondingly modify your table used in the GUI_DOWNLOAD FM by replacing the date type field with a character type field. So when you download into your Excel file, the text "21-March-09" will be interpreted as a character type varibale.

Hope this helps! If you want a sample code for doing this, please revert back!!

Cheers,

Shailesh.

Always provide feedback for helpful answers!!

[Former Member]

i have taken in character only i

declared as DATA : t_dATE(20) TYPE C.

THEN USING THE FM,

CALL FM 'CONVERSION_EXIT_lDATE_OUTPUT'.

EXPORT

DATE = SY-DATUM.

IMPORT

DATE = T_dATE

now this date is exactly of our requirement inside sap output " August 7, 2009'

Now after using GUI_DOWNLOAD in the excel it is showing as 7-aug-09

Sas

[Former Member]

Hi,

Well if u dont want to change any settings in excel, you can display exactly what u have in the internal table by appending a ( ' ) mark to the field before calling the gui_download FM.

create a text element as ' (i,e) single quotation mark

declared as DATA : t_dATE(21) TYPE C.

CALL FM 'CONVERSION_EXIT_lDATE_OUTPUT'.
EXPORT 
DATE = SY-DATUM.
IMPORT
DATE = T_dATE.

concatenate text-001 t_date into t_date.

Now pass the gui_download FM

Regards,

Vik

Edited by: vikred on Aug 7, 2009 3:20 PM

[Former Member]

Thats true but can we do something which is not invinsible to the client ... i am suspecting that it may be used for 3rd party tools that which may cause a slight issue

Using space or increasing the space can we do any thing???

Sas

[Former Member]

Hi,

Well am not sure if any other possible solution is available for this. If you change the excel settings, you dont have the need to even use 'CONVERSION_EXIT_lDATE_OUTPUT' . If you dont dont want to change excel settings for date then the only solution is to make excel interpret it as text by preceeding apostrphe.

Regards,

Vik

[Former Member]

Client has Agreed to put ' so vikred has going to get full marks

and rest are too rewarded thanks all

Regards

sas

[Former Member]

Hi,

there is nothing to do with coding.

you need to put options in the excell sheet.

In excell go to the date field , right click and goto format cell, then under category select date and proide the type you need.

regards,

nazeer

[Former Member]

Well then, change the date format in excel sheet.

right click, format cells, date and then the format you want..

Sumit.

[Former Member]

hi,

do changes only in exel ie., the cell format to your requirement.

~linganna

[Former Member]

In the function module 'gui_download'

we have a option for WRITE_FIELD_SEPARATOR

i think this should work

[Former Member]

HUMMM nothing is working out any other inputs Please:(

Sas....

[Former Member]

Hi Sas,

you are using FM CONVERSION_EXIT_LDATE_OUTPUT.

the import parameter u r getting is in following format of Date " March 21 , 2009 ".

what u have to do is just pass this import parameter to a variable declared as String Or a variable declared as character of size 15.

Example-

***********************************************************************

Data : Dat type string. " OR

data : Dat1(50) type c.

CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERSION_EXIT_LDATE_OUTPUT'

EXPORTING

INPUT = Date1

IMPORTING

OUTPUT = Date2.

DAT = Date2. " or

Dat1 = Date2.

Condense DAT.

Condense Dat1.

*************************************************************************

Now both DAT and Dat1 would be downloaded as u require.

*************************************************************************

or

Declare Date2 directly as " data : Date2(50) type c "

and after u get the result condense the same i.e

Condense date2.

Regards,

Akash Rana

Edited by: AKASH RANA on Aug 7, 2009 2:04 PM

[Former Member]

Hy Dude nice idea but Condense is not working whyyyyy any idea

Please it is not able to delete spaces no idea why

Sas

[SuhaSaha]

Hello,

Try: CONDENSE v_date NO-GAPS .

BR,

Suhas

[Former Member]

Thanks just about to post

Regards

sas

[Former Member]

Hi SAS,

Condense will definitely work.

well u can also use

DATA: DATE1(15) TYPE C.

U CAN THEN ....

PASS THE DATE FORMAT RECEIVED FROM FUNCTION MODULE TO DATE1.

AS DATE1 IS WITH EXACT NUMBER OF LENGTH OF OUTPUT TYPE "7TH AUG 2009' I.E 15 U WONT REQUIRE THE SAME TO CONDENSE.

Regards,

Akash Rana