How to compare the date field

[Former Member]

Hi friends,

I have a small problem, actually i have a date field , the format of the date field is "dd.mm.yyyy" but my client asked the date compareson , incase the user enters the wrong format dd/mm/yyyy that time the system shows the error message.

for example

My date format = dd.mm.yyyy => 03.03.2009

incase the user enter the wrong format => 03/05/2009 in this case the user wants the message

how to compare the date field format "dots / - '.

thanks

chinnu

[Former Member]

data: date(8) type c.

date = 12/06/2009

if date ca '/'

error message

endif.

[Former Member]

Hi Brighside

Thansk for sending the answer, i have a small doubt,

what is the use of the 'ca',.

Thanks

chinnu

[Former Member]

ca : contains any(used for string operations)

[Former Member]

Hello,

The date format can be separated by dots or / depending on the date settings on your system.

You can avoid confusions on this by using write statement.

w_date1 = sy-datum.

Write w_date to w_date1.

You can compare the dates by taking it on to a character string and then use the EQ operator.

If w_date1 eq w_date2.

.....

endif.

Thanks,

Sowmya

[Former Member]

Hi

The problem is to know which kind of variable you're using for field date, if it's SY-DATUM u can't know the output format used by user, because you always see the format YYYYMMDD.

U should consider the format depends on setting of the user.

Max