Date:         Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:14:17 +0200
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From:         Robert Bardos <bardos2@ANSYS.CH>
Subject:      Re: date formats
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> Von: Joanna F
> Gesendet: Montag, 13. August 2007 07:38
>
> One of my variables has the date format as follows:
> length 8
> format 8.
> informat 8.
>
> Another's is ddmmyyw..
>
> I want to tranfer to ddmmyyw.,or else, so I can calculate time
> intervals, but I tried all kinds of methods I know, but failed. Could
> you give me some hint how to transfer this date format? Thank you very
> much!
>
> Joanna F
>

Joanna,

your first paragraph is really difficult to understand. You would do
yourself a big favour by showing us both the variable's content and at
least a subset of the methods you used when attempting to solve your
problem.

As a hint: was the INPUT *function* among the methods?


Robert