TIME() without the colons

[jamie2]

I am new to REXX and would like to know if you can transmit TIME() without the colons between the HR:MIN:SEC?

 

[jamie2]

I was able to use TRANSLATE to get the date format I wanted, now I am stuck on the date format.

I am communicating to a Nortel 81C PBX and the date format on DATE() is 5 May 2008. My pbx is expecting the date format of 05 05 2008. I am unable to figure out how to use TRANSLATE to get the date format correct.

 

[rexxhead]

May 5th" is a bad day to use because both the month and the day are "5".

Do you need "MM DD YYYY" or "DD MM YYY"?


Frank Clarke
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[jamie2]

Thanks, but I figured it out. I needed the format MM DD YYYY.

I used the following to get it.

date1 = translate('78 56 1234', date('S'), '12345678')

 

[rexxhead]

Exactly, but for ease-of-understanding, I would use

Translate( "Mm Dd CcYy", date("S"), "CcYyMmDd" )

Frank Clarke
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[jamie2]

Frank, thanks for the suggestion and I will update my script as you show. That makes more sense.