SDATE Conversion Routine BI InfoObject

Use

This conversion routine assigns the appropriate internal date presentation (YYYYMMDD) to an external date (01.JAN.1994, for example).

Call up the test report RSSCA1T0 to be able to better visualize the functionality of this routine. This test report contains the complete date conversion with external as well as internal presentations.

Example

Date formatting definition in the user master record: DD.MM.YYYY

Conversion from the external into the internal format:

'02.JAN.1994' ® '19940102'