SAP CHARACTER DATE FIELD GLOSRY documentation, setup help and example usage

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Character-like date field
Character-like data type for saving a date or a similar data object . The associated predefined ABAP type is d . Valid values have the format "yyyymmdd" . The internal representation used is the character representation of the current code page . When assignments are made to data objects with numeric data types and in calculations, valid values are converted to the number of days since 01.01.0001.