PARSE VALUE DATE Error 1

[Gringgo]

I have a REXX program that is using the PARSE VALUE DATE function to convert a date. It was working fine and all of a sudden I am getting the following error.

IRX0040I Error running WCS675R1, line 79: Incorrect call to routine

Line 79 below:
PARSE VALUE DATE('S',CREATYY||CREATDDD,'J') WITH CCYY 5 MM 7 DD

I am working with my systems programmers and they stated that some z/os patches were installed since the last run of the program, but no definite links at this point.

Any and all assistance is greatly appreciated.

John

 

[rexxhead]

Have you run this with TRACE to see what the intermediate values are? I suspect you've generated a Julian date with an incorrect format. Running this with 'trace ?i' will expose the data built from the concatenation.

If that's the problem, you'll need to recast that line as

PARSE VALUE DATE('S',Right(CREATYY,2,0)Right(CREATDDD,3,0),'J') WITH,
         CCYY 5 MM 7 DD

Frank Clarke
Tampa Area REXX Programmers' Alliance
REXX Language Assn Listmaster

 

[Gringgo]

Thanks, Rexxhead. Bad data was the problem.