converting a number to a date??

[Techone1]

I am trying to convert for ex. 12012008 to 12/01/2008 in 4gl code. There is going to be a list of dates so I am trying to figure out the simplest way in which to code it...any suggestions?

 

[olded]

You really shouldn't have to do anything. Informix 4GL is very good at performing conversions if it can. This example sets a date equal to a character string. If it's a correct date it'll display. If not, variable dd is set to null

main
   define dd date,
   str char(10)

let str = "12012008"

let dd = str
display dd # should display 12/01/2008

end main