Problem with date format

[Former Member]

the issues is that while entering in the screen, the data is in the format

mm/dd/yyyy

and when it gets displayed it changes to

yyyymmdd.

I want the same format as i am giving on the screen.

mm/dd/yyyy.

please help.

[jayanthi_jayaraman]

Hi,

Use editmask.

[Former Member]

How to use it ?? Can u pls give me an example

[Former Member]

Here is the example for EDIT MASK

Formatted output of the DATE:

DATA DATE LIKE ....

WRITE (10) DATE USING EDIT MASK '__/__/____'.

Kindly reward points and close the thread if ur problem got solned.

Message was edited by: Judith Jessie Selvi

[Former Member]

Hi,

U can change before Outputing.

Just try this

DATA: lv_date LIKE datewhich u want.
IF date = 20040318
<b>CONCATENATE date+4(2) '/' date+6(2) '/' date+0(4) into lv_date.</b>

If u want to change the value in the loop then

LOOP at i_output into w_output.
CONCATENATE date+4(2) '/' date+6(2) '/' date+0(4) into w_output-date .
Modify w_output into i_output.
ENDLOOP.

It will solve ur probelm.

Hope it helps.

[Former Member]

Try this :

WRITE w_date TO w_date_formatted MM/DD/YYYY.

Hope this helps,

Erwan.

[Former Member]

Hi,

write sy-datum MM/DD/YY .

Svetlin

[andreas_mann3]

Hi,

use : write to (F1)

write sy-datum to hdate.

Andreas

[Former Member]

Hi,

Take a look on this one:

http://cma.zdnet.com/book/abap/ch14/ch14.htm#UsingEditMasks

Regards,

Ville

[Former Member]

Hi,

Use the FM: CONVERT_DATE_TO_EXTERNAL to change 20050805

to 05.08.2005 format.

WRITE SY-DATUM TO TEMP USING EDIT MASK "__/__/____"

Specify ur required format in the double codes

Regards,

Anjali

[Former Member]

svetlin answers is correct u can try for that i dont know ther remaining user answers.

[Former Member]

Hi,

Well, In case if input ( i guess you are talking about selection screen input ) is coming as mm/dd/yyyy then output shopuld also come as mm/dd/yyyy without any special formatting as it is handled in user setting.

Are you assigning the date to another variable using '='. like date1 = date. and write date1.

In that case try to use WRITE DATE TO DATE1. Instead of directly assigning the date to var.

WRITE DATE1.

ex :

REPORT test.

Data :

date1(10),

date2(10).

parameters : date like sy-datum.

date1 = date.

write date to date2.

write date1.

write date.

write date2.

In above example if i/p date = 08/05/2005

date1 will be written as 20050805

and date as 08/05/2005

and date2 as 08/05/2005

regards,

Gagan

[RichHeilman]

Seems like everyone has given you a valid answer. But what really is the question. How are you entering your data, in what kind of screen, selection-screen or dynpro. How are you displaying this date, selection-screen or dynpro. How is your field typed, TYPE SY-DATUM? Need more infomation to give you an answer.

Regards,

Rich Heilman

[RichHeilman]

For example, take the following program. Notice that the first date field is of type sy-datum which has conversion routine against it. Inside the program it is really in YYYYMMDD format. If you would move this data from that field into a character 10 field, the data in that field would be YYYYMMDD. If you change the P_DAT field to be of TYPE SY-DATUM. Then the conversion routine is in effect and hence will be displayed as MM/DD/YYYY.

report zrich_0002 .


parameters: p_datum type sy-datum,
           p_dat(10) type c.


at selection-screen output.

  p_dat = p_datum.

So lets say that this is your problem, I would suggest to take advantage of the conversion routine provide when using the TYPE sy-datum.

Regards,

Rich Heilman