Date calculation commands for AS/400

As a consultant, over the course of many projects at different places, I periodically would have to calculate certain dates relative to a given date to determine reporting limits (e.g., month end, month begin). I also often had to d...

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etermine the day of the week. So, I put together a little text file that first contained the calculations for these values. I have since converted the text file to contain procedures so that I can easily create a service program to perform the various date calculations.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Kevin C. Ketzler is a designer, analyst, and project lead for IBM Solutions Practice at Affiliated.

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