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Character String Templates, Date Formats

The example demonstrates the various date formats for embedded expressions.

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Source Code

    DATA: land  TYPE t005x-land,
          datfm TYPE t005x-datfm.

    DATA: BEGIN OF result,
                  datfm  TYPE string,
                  format TYPE string,
                  result TYPE string,
                END OF result,
                results LIKE TABLE OF result.

    setup( ).

    SELECT land, datfm
           FROM t005x
           WHERE land LIKE '@%'
           ORDER BY PRIMARY KEY
           INTO (@land,@datfm).
      result-datfm = datfm.
      READ TABLE fixvals WITH KEY low = datfm
           TRANSPORTING ddtext INTO fixval.
      IF sy-subrc = 0.
        result-format = fixval-ddtext.
      ELSE.
        CLEAR result-format.
      ENDIF.
      result-result = |{ sy-datum COUNTRY = land }|.
      APPEND result TO results.
    ENDSELECT.

    teardown( ).

    cl_demo_output=>display( results ).

Description

The current date is output in all possible country-specific date formats using parameter COUNTRY. For this purpose, in the setup and teardown help methods, temporary rows with the possible values of column DATFM are inserted into database table T005X and are deleted again once they have been used.