Easytrieve - possible binary fields?

[GJFNH]

Using easytrieve to create smaller file to pass to excel.
Getting s0c7 with these statements:
(A "move" just moves them and works)

My question is - what are these fields? Are they binary?
If so, how do I define them in my ezt code to get the data that I can pass to excel - that's legible.


EFFECTIVE-DATE (FILEC) = EFFECTIVE-DATE (FILEB)
CHANGE-EFFECTIVE-DATE (FILEC) = CHANGE-EFFECTIVE-DATE (FILEB)
EXPIRATION-DATE (FILEC) = EXPIRATION-DATE (FILEB)

I tried defining FILEC fields to 4 P 0 and 7 N
defining as alpha didn't cause s0c7...

paste of the 3 fields (in hex):

---+----2---
---+----F---
---+----2---
-----------
...ÿ...ÿ...@
311D311D3107
F18FF18FF20C

From the cobol copybook:
15 EFFECTIVE-DATE PIC S9(07) COMP-3.
15 CHANGE-EFFECTIVE-DATE PIC S9(07) COMP-3.
15 EXPIRATION-DATE PIC S9(07) COMP-3.

Thanks for any ideas!

 

[GJFNH]

NEVER MIND!!
This was basically bad data on the input file. My appologies.

 

[papadba]

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