SAP OO OBS CONVERT 1 documentation, setup help and example usage

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Cannot Convert Dates

The statements CONVERT DATE and CONVERT INVERTED DATE are not allowed.

An error message occurs in ABAP Objects if the following syntax is used:

CONVERT DATE f1 INTO INVERTED-DATE f2.

CONVERT INVERTED-DATE f2 INTO DATE f1.

Correct syntax:

CONSTANTS comp_nine(20) TYPE c VALUE '09182736455463728190'.

f2 = f1.
TRANSLATE f2 USING comp_nine.

f1 = f2.
TRANSLATE f1 USING comp_nine.

Reason:

Date conversions are used mainly to influence the sort direction in internal tables. This function can be replaced by the additions ASCENDING or DESCENDING of the statement SORT . If required, you can easily program the nines complement yourself using TRANSLATE .