Example 3: Converting a Date of Birth to an Age

An employee master file contains field EMPDOB (date of birth). Using existing program GETAGE (convert date to age) derive virtual fields AGEYER (age in years) and AGEMON (age in months).
Step 1 - Define the Virtual Fields
 
 
     Seq    Name_________ Description______________________
      10    AGEYER        Age in years
      20    AGEMTH        Age in months
 
 
Step 2 - Input RPG Section "Calculations After Input from File"
C*
C* VC_USING FIELDS(EMPDOB AGEYER AGEMTH)
C*
C                     CALL 'GETAGE'
C                     PARM           EMPDOB
C                     PARM           AGEYER
C                     PARM           AGEMTH