Comments on: Embedded SQL number of days between dates http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/embedded-sql-number-of-days-between-dates/ Sun, 19 May 2013 03:14:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: graybeard52 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/embedded-sql-number-of-days-between-dates/#comment-83752 graybeard52 Sat, 13 Nov 2010 03:45:04 +0000 #comment-83752 DAYS( ) should work. I use it frequently in SQL. The trick is to make sure the variable supplied is recognized as a date by SQL. When embedded in RPG, using the RPG date functions are much more powerful.

]]> By: carlosdl http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/embedded-sql-number-of-days-between-dates/#comment-83660 carlosdl Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:46:33 +0000 #comment-83660 It seems that substracting two dates will produce a result in the format of YYMMDD, son in this case 530 would mean 5 months, 30 days.

I just googled it, and maybe the DAYS function is what you are looking for.

DAYS(:CURDATE) - DAYS(HTADAT)

But I don’t really know if this function is available on the AS400. Let’s wait for someone to confirm, or correct my suggestion.

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