[Robelle-l] variable substitution

[Gates, Scott]

I have a variable !STLASTRUN which = 1999/09/01 that I wish to use as a
$DATE in a job so I can pull data from certain dates forward.  
Eventually I will be updating the file that I read to get STLASTRUN.  

Anyway, I do this:
SET VARSUB ON

BA DBBB1,5;

GET BD-ACCT-SUMMARY

USE BDSUM.SUPRDEF
ITEM BD-TURNOVER-DT,DATE,YYMMDD
IF $STDDATE(BD-TURNOVER-DT) >= $DATE(!STLASTRUN)
                                    ^
Error:  Invalid year for $date

It worked when I had 1999/09/01 hardcoded.  I've tried it with and without
the quotes and gotten the same result.   

I'm storing the last rundate in a file, so I won't keep resending the old
data. 

Can I make it accept the date in this way, or is there another work around?




Scott Gates
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