Data Validation and Formatting
SimoDATA - The COBOL Source Code
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  The COBOL Source Code
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This document provides a listing of the COBOL source code for viewing. Additional information about this program may be obtained by sending an e-mail to: helpdesk@simotime.com

SimoDATE, What It Does
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The SimoDATE routine (or callable program) will validate, edit and convert a given date in the ccyymmdd format into various other formats. For example, if the date of 20000401 (or April 1, 2000) is pased to the SimoDATE routine the following will be returned in the pass area.

Gregorian Date .............. 20000401
Edited Gregorian Date ....... 2000-04-01
Text for the Date............ April 1, 2000
Julian Date ................. 2000092
Days remaining in the year .. 274
Leap Year Flag (Y or N) ..... Y
Days in the Month ........... 30
Text for the Month .......... April

SimoDATE, How To Use
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The following will validate, edit and convert the date of April 4, 2000.

           MOVE X'EDITDATE'    to STD-REQUEST
           MOVE '20000401'     to STD-GREGORIAN-4-EDIT
           CALL 'SIMODATE'  using STD-SIMODATE

A copy file is provided to define the pass area to be used when calling SimoDATE. The following statement is required in the WORKING STORAGE section of the calling program.

       WORKING STORAGE.
       ...
       ...
       COPY PASSDATE.
       ...

The callable date routine will accept a gregorian date and provide a data structure in the following format. A copy file (PASSDATE.CPY) is provided with the following fields defined.

      *****************************************************************
      *     Data Structure or Pass Area used for calling SIMODATE.    *
      *****************************************************************
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      *                     All Rights Reserved                       *
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       01  STD-SIMODATE.
           05  STD-REQUEST             pic X(8).
           05  STD-RESPONSE            pic 9(4).
           05  STD-MESSAGE-TEXT        pic X(68).
           05  STD-GREGORIAN-4-EDIT    pic X(10).
           05  STD-EDITED-INFO.
               10  STD-DEBUG-INFO      pic X(8).
               10  STD-LEAP-YEAR-YN    pic X.
               10  STD-MONTH-VERBAGE   pic X(10).
               10  STD-MM-DAYS         pic 99.
               10  STD-GREGORIAN-DATE  pic 9(8).
               10  STD-JULIAN-DATE     pic 9(7).
               10  STD-JULIAN-VALUE    redefines STD-JULIAN-DATE.
                   15  STD-JULIAN-CCYY pic 9(4).
                   15  STD-JULIAN-DAY  pic 9(3).
               10  STD-DAYS-REMAINING  pic 9(3).
               10  STD-DATE-VERBAGE    pic X(18).
               10  STD-DATE-EDIT-BYTE  pic X.
               10  STD-DATE-EDITED     pic X(10).
      *!   PASSDATE - End-of-Copy File...

The COBOL Source Code
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The following is the COBOL Source Code for SimoDATE.

       IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
       PROGRAM-ID.    SIMODATE.
       AUTHOR.        SIMOTIME ENTERPRISES.
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      *****************************************************************
      *
      *****************************************************************
      * Source Member: SIMODATE.CBL
      * Copy Files:    PASSDATE.CPY
      *****************************************************************
      *
      * SIMODATE - edits and formats a gregorian date ccyymmdd. It also
      * provides additional information such as:
      *
      * 1. Identify leap year
      * 2. Provide a Julian Date
      * 3. Provide a text date - for example, January 1, 2001
      * 4. Provide days-in-month
      * and more...
      *
      * CALLING PROTOCOL
      * ----------------
      *    call 'SIMODATE' using STD-SIMODATE
      *
      *    01  STD-SIMODATE.
      *        05  STD-REQUEST             pic X(8).
      *        05  STD-RESPONSE            pic 9(4).
      *        05  STD-MESSAGE-TEXT        pic X(68).
      *        05  STD-GREGORIAN-4-EDIT    pic X(10).
      *        05  STD-EDITED-INFO.
      *            10  STD-DEBUG-INFO      pic X(8).
      *            10  STD-LEAP-YEAR-YN    pic X.
      *            10  STD-MONTH-VERBAGE   pic X(10).
      *            10  STD-MM-DAYS         pic 99.
      *            10  STD-GREGORIAN-DATE  pic 9(8).
      *            10  STD-JULIAN-DATE     pic 9(7).
      *            10  STD-JULIAN-VALUE    redefines STD-JULIAN-DATE.
      *                15  STD-JULIAN-CCYY pic 9(4).
      *                15  STD-JULIAN-DAY  pic 9(3).
      *            10  STD-DAYS-REMAINING  pic 9(3).
      *            10  STD-DATE-VERBAGE    pic X(18).
      *            10  STD-DATE-EDIT-BYTE  pic X.
      *            10  STD-DATE-EDITED     pic X(10).
      *
      *****************************************************************
      *
      * MAINTENANCE
      * -----------
      * 1997/02/27 Simmons, Created program.
      * 2004/01/26 Simmons, Mike added the check for 4000th year
      *                     increments are not leap years.
      *
      *****************************************************************
      *
       DATA DIVISION.
       WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
      *
      *****************************************************************
      *    Data-structure for Title and Copyright...
      *****************************************************************
       01  SIM-TITLE.
           05  T1 pic X(11) value '* SIMODATE '.
           05  T2 pic X(34) value 'Process a Date Request            '.
           05  T3 pic X(10) value ' v06.03.03'.
           05  T4 pic X(24) value ' http://www.simotime.com'.
       01  SIM-COPYRIGHT.
           05  C1 pic X(11) value '* SIMODATE '.
           05  C2 pic X(20) value 'Copyright 1987-2009 '.
           05  C3 pic X(28) value '  SimoTime Enterprises, LLC '.
           05  C4 pic X(20) value ' All Rights Reserved'.

      *****************************************************************
       01  FIRST-TIME              pic X       value 'Y'.

       01  IX-1                    pic 999     value 0.
       01  IX-2                    pic 999     value 0.
       01  WORK-N-7                pic 9(7)    value 0.

       01  DATE-WORK-ALPHA.
           05  DATE-WORK-A-CCYY    pic X(4)    value SPACES.
           05  DATE-WORK-A-MM      pic X(2)    value SPACES.
           05  DATE-WORK-A-DD      pic X(2)    value SPACES.

       01  DATE-WORK-NUMERIC.
           05  DATE-WORK-N-CCYY    pic 9(4)    value 0.
           05  DATE-WORK-N-MM      pic 9(2)    value 0.
           05  DATE-WORK-N-DD      pic 9(2)    value 0.

       01  MONTH-TABLE-DATA.
           05  filler              pic X(10)   value 'January   '.
           05  filler              pic X(10)   value 'February  '.
           05  filler              pic X(10)   value 'March     '.
           05  filler              pic X(10)   value 'April     '.
           05  filler              pic X(10)   value 'May       '.
           05  filler              pic X(10)   value 'June      '.
           05  filler              pic X(10)   value 'July      '.
           05  filler              pic X(10)   value 'August    '.
           05  filler              pic X(10)   value 'September '.
           05  filler              pic X(10)   value 'October   '.
           05  filler              pic X(10)   value 'November  '.
           05  filler              pic X(10)   value 'December  '.
           05  filler              pic 99      value 31.
           05  filler              pic 99      value 28.
           05  filler              pic 99      value 31.
           05  filler              pic 99      value 30.
           05  filler              pic 99      value 31.
           05  filler              pic 99      value 30.
           05  filler              pic 99      value 31.
           05  filler              pic 99      value 31.
           05  filler              pic 99      value 30.
           05  filler              pic 99      value 31.
           05  filler              pic 99      value 30.
           05  filler              pic 99      value 31.
       01  MONTH-TABLE             redefines MONTH-TABLE-DATA.
           05  MONTH-VERBAGE       pic X(10)   occurs 12 times.
           05  MONTH-COUNT-OF-DAYS pic 99      occurs 12 times.

       01  JULIAN-DATE.
           05  JULIAN-CCYY         pic 9(4)    value 0.
           05  JULIAN-DDD          pic 9(3)    value 0.

       01  DATE-VERBAGE            pic X(18)   value SPACES.

      *****************************************************************
       01  MESSAGE-BUFFER.
           05  MESSAGE-HEADER      pic X(11)   value '* SIMODATE '.
           05  MESSAGE-TEXT        pic X(68).

      *****************************************************************
       LINKAGE SECTION.
       COPY PASSDATE.

      *****************************************************************
      * Mainline processing routine...
      *****************************************************************
       PROCEDURE DIVISION using STD-SIMODATE.

           add 20 to ZERO giving STD-RESPONSE
           move SPACES to STD-MESSAGE-TEXT

           if  FIRST-TIME not = 'N'
               if  STD-DEBUG-INFO = 'DEBUG   '
               or  STD-DEBUG-INFO = 'TRACE   '
                   perform Z-POST-COPYRIGHT
               end-if
               move 'N' to FIRST-TIME
           end-if

           evaluate STD-REQUEST
               when 'EDITDATE' perform EDIT-DATE-FUNCTION
               when OTHER      add 16 to ZERO giving RETURN-CODE
                               move '0016' to STD-RESPONSE
           end-evaluate

           if  STD-RESPONSE = 20
           and STD-MESSAGE-TEXT = SPACES
               subtract STD-RESPONSE from STD-RESPONSE
           end-if

           GOBACK.

      *****************************************************************
      * The following routines are in alphabetical order...           *
      *****************************************************************
      *
      *****************************************************************
      *>   This routine will accept dates in the following formats
      *>     ccyymmdd
      *>     ccyy/mm/dd
      *>     ccyy-mm-dd
      *>     ccyy.mm.dd
      *****************************************************************
       EDIT-DATE-FUNCTION.
           move SPACES to DATE-WORK-ALPHA
           add 1 to ZERO giving IX-2
           move STD-GREGORIAN-4-EDIT to DATE-WORK-A-CCYY
           if  DATE-WORK-A-CCYY not NUMERIC
               move 'NOK for Date Value, CCYY not numeric value...'
                 to MESSAGE-TEXT
               perform Z-POST-ABEND
           else
               add 4 to IX-2
           end-if
      *>   --------------------------------------------------------
      *>   Possible non-numeric separator between CCYY and MM
           if  STD-GREGORIAN-4-EDIT(IX-2:1) not NUMERIC
               add 1 to IX-2
           end-if
           move STD-GREGORIAN-4-EDIT(IX-2:2) to DATE-WORK-A-MM
           if  DATE-WORK-A-MM not NUMERIC
               move DATE-WORK-A-MM(1:1) to DATE-WORK-A-MM(2:1)
               move ZERO                to DATE-WORK-A-MM(1:1)
               add 1 to IX-2
           else
               add 2 to IX-2
           end-if
      *>   --------------------------------------------------------
      *>   Possible non-numeric separator between MM and DD
           if  STD-GREGORIAN-4-EDIT(IX-2:1) not NUMERIC
               add 1 to IX-2
           end-if
           move STD-GREGORIAN-4-EDIT(IX-2:2) to DATE-WORK-A-DD
           if  DATE-WORK-A-DD not NUMERIC
               move DATE-WORK-A-DD(1:1) to DATE-WORK-A-DD(2:1)
               move ZERO                to DATE-WORK-A-DD(1:1)
           end-if
           if  DATE-WORK-A-MM not NUMERIC
               move 'NOK for Date Value, MM not numeric value...'
                 to MESSAGE-TEXT
               perform Z-POST-ABEND
           end-if
           if  DATE-WORK-A-DD not NUMERIC
               move 'NOK for Date Value, DD not numeric value...'
                 to MESSAGE-TEXT
               perform Z-POST-ABEND
           end-if
           move 'WIP for Date Function...' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           perform Z-POST-CONDITIONAL-TRACE
           move DATE-WORK-ALPHA to DATE-WORK-NUMERIC
      *   ------------------------------------------------------------
      *   Determine if a leap year, it is not true that every fourth
      *   year is a leap year.
      *
      *   if CCYY is divisible by 4 it is a  leap year
      *      except
      *      if divisible by 100 then it is not a leap year
      *         except
      *         if divisible by 400 then it is a leap year
      *            except
      *            if divisible by 4000 then it is not a leap year.
      *
      *    1600,2000, etc... are leap years
      *    1700,1800,1900 are not leap years
      *    4000,8000,etc... are not leap years
      *
      *    In other words the 100th year increments are not leap
      *    years with the exception that every 400th year increment
      *    is a leap year except every 4000th year is not a leap year.
      *
           move 'N' to STD-LEAP-YEAR-YN
           add 28 to ZERO giving MONTH-COUNT-OF-DAYS(2)
           move 'WIP for Date, not a Leap Year...' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           divide DATE-WORK-N-CCYY by 4 giving WORK-N-7
           multiply 4 by WORK-N-7
           if  WORK-N-7 = DATE-WORK-N-CCYY
               divide DATE-WORK-N-CCYY by 100 giving WORK-N-7
               multiply 100 by WORK-N-7
               if  WORK-N-7  = DATE-WORK-N-CCYY
                   divide DATE-WORK-N-CCYY by 400 giving WORK-N-7
                   multiply 400 by WORK-N-7
                   if  WORK-N-7 = DATE-WORK-N-CCYY
                       divide DATE-WORK-N-CCYY by 4000 giving WORK-N-7
                       multiply 4000 by WORK-N-7
                       if  WORK-N-7 not = DATE-WORK-N-CCYY
                           move 'Y' to STD-LEAP-YEAR-YN
                       end-if
                   end-if
               else
                   move 'Y' to STD-LEAP-YEAR-YN
               end-if
               if  STD-LEAP-YEAR-YN = 'Y'
                   move 'Y' to STD-LEAP-YEAR-YN
                   add 29 to ZERO giving MONTH-COUNT-OF-DAYS(2)
                   move 'WIP for Date, it is a Leap Year...'
                     to MESSAGE-TEXT
               end-if
           end-if
           perform Z-POST-CONDITIONAL-TRACE
      *>   ------------------------------------------------------------
      *>   Test for a valid month...
           if  DATE-WORK-N-MM > 0
           and DATE-WORK-N-MM < 13
               move 'WIP for Date, month is ?????????' to MESSAGE-TEXT
               move MONTH-VERBAGE(DATE-WORK-N-MM)
                 to MESSAGE-TEXT(24:10)
               perform Z-POST-CONDITIONAL-TRACE
               move MONTH-VERBAGE(DATE-WORK-N-MM)
                 to MESSAGE-TEXT(24:10)
               move MONTH-VERBAGE(DATE-WORK-N-MM) to STD-MONTH-VERBAGE
           else
               move 'NOK for Date Value, MM not 1 through 12...'
                 to MESSAGE-TEXT
               perform Z-POST-ABEND

           end-if
      *>   ------------------------------------------------------------
      *>   Test for a valid day...
           if  DATE-WORK-N-DD > 0
           and DATE-WORK-N-DD < MONTH-COUNT-OF-DAYS(DATE-WORK-N-MM) + 1
               move 'WIP for Date, month has ?? days' to MESSAGE-TEXT
               move MONTH-COUNT-OF-DAYS(DATE-WORK-N-MM)
                 to MESSAGE-TEXT(25:2)
               perform Z-POST-CONDITIONAL-TRACE
           else
               move 'NOK for Day Value, DD not within month range...'
                 to MESSAGE-TEXT
               perform Z-POST-ABEND
           end-if
           move MONTH-COUNT-OF-DAYS(DATE-WORK-N-MM)
             to STD-MM-DAYS

      *>   ------------------------------------------------------------
      *>   Create text version of the date. This is a sixteen character
      *>   field (DATE-VERBAGE) that is left-justified in the following
      *>   format...      month dd, ccyy
           move 'WIP for Date, ' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           move MONTH-VERBAGE(DATE-WORK-N-MM) to DATE-VERBAGE
           subtract IX-2 from IX-2
           inspect DATE-VERBAGE tallying IX-2
                   for CHARACTERS before SPACE
           add 2 to IX-2
           if  DATE-WORK-A-DD(1:1) = '0'
               move DATE-WORK-A-DD(2:1) to DATE-VERBAGE(IX-2:1)
               add 1 to IX-2
           else
               move DATE-WORK-A-DD to DATE-VERBAGE(IX-2:2)
               add 2 to IX-2
           end-if
           move ', ' to DATE-VERBAGE(IX-2:2)
           add 2 to IX-2
           move DATE-WORK-N-CCYY to DATE-VERBAGE(IX-2:4)

           move DATE-VERBAGE to MESSAGE-TEXT(15:18)
           perform Z-POST-CONDITIONAL-TRACE

           move DATE-VERBAGE to STD-DATE-VERBAGE

      *>   ------------------------------------------------------------
      *>   Create numeric date for display or print...
           move DATE-WORK-A-CCYY   to STD-DATE-EDITED
           move STD-DATE-EDIT-BYTE to STD-DATE-EDITED(5:1)
           move DATE-WORK-A-MM     to STD-DATE-EDITED(6:2)
           move STD-DATE-EDIT-BYTE to STD-DATE-EDITED(8:1)
           move DATE-WORK-A-DD     to STD-DATE-EDITED(9:2)
           move DATE-WORK-NUMERIC  to STD-GREGORIAN-DATE

      *>   ------------------------------------------------------------
      *>   Determine Julian Date...
           move 'WIP for Date, Julian is CCYYDDD' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           move DATE-WORK-N-CCYY to JULIAN-CCYY
           add DATE-WORK-N-DD to ZERO giving JULIAN-DDD
           add 1 to ZERO giving IX-2
           perform until IX-2 = DATE-WORK-N-MM
                      or IX-2 > 12
               add MONTH-COUNT-OF-DAYS(IX-2) to JULIAN-DDD
               add 1 to IX-2
           end-perform
           move JULIAN-DATE to MESSAGE-TEXT(25:7)
           perform Z-POST-CONDITIONAL-TRACE
           move JULIAN-DATE to STD-JULIAN-DATE

      *>   ------------------------------------------------------------
      *>   Calculate remaining days in the year...
           if  STD-LEAP-YEAR-YN = 'Y'
               subtract STD-JULIAN-DAY from 366
                 giving STD-DAYS-REMAINING
           else
               subtract STD-JULIAN-DAY from 365
                 giving STD-DAYS-REMAINING
           end-if

      *>   ------------------------------------------------------------
      *>   Determine AOK for Date Message...
           move 'AOK for Date Function...' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           perform Z-POST-CONDITIONAL-TRACE
           exit.

      *****************************************************************
      *    Display Copyright or Program Message...
      *    ------------------------------------------------------------
       Z-POST-ABEND.
           if  MESSAGE-TEXT not = SPACES
               move MESSAGE-TEXT to STD-MESSAGE-TEXT
               perform Z-POST-MESSAGE
           end-if
           move 'Program is ABENDING...' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           perform Z-POST-MESSAGE
           add 16 to ZERO giving STD-RESPONSE
           GOBACK.

       Z-POST-COPYRIGHT.
           display SIM-TITLE     upon console
           display SIM-COPYRIGHT upon console
           exit.

       Z-POST-MESSAGE.
           display MESSAGE-BUFFER upon console
           move SPACES to MESSAGE-TEXT
           exit.

       Z-POST-CONDITIONAL-TRACE.
           if  STD-DEBUG-INFO = 'DEBUG   '
           or  STD-DEBUG-INFO = 'TRACE   '
               display MESSAGE-BUFFER upon console
           end-if
           move SPACES to MESSAGE-TEXT
           exit.
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