Formatting a field

hi ! gurus this is my problem
i have a field in this format : 20021201 (date)
but a need in this format 01/dec/2002
and...
another field in this format 2314224 ( hour)
but ai need in this format 23:42:24
(sometimes the format is 45621)
but in fact it is 04:56:21
how justify blanks to left?
how i can get difference between two hours in this format ?
i work in servlets pages with as/400
thanks
thanks, by everything
sam

Look into the java.text.DateFormat and SimpleDateFormat classes.

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DATA: BEGIN OF ITAB OCCURS 0,
AUFNR LIKE AFKO-AUFNR, " Purchase Order Number
PLNBEZ LIKE AFKO-PLNBEZ, " Part Number
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itab-gamng(lenght as 5)
itab-gltrp(its a date) i just need the mm/yy how can I format it.

You don' need to reformat the itab, just the fields before you write them.
data: monthyear(5) type c.
data: qty(5) type c.
LOOP AT ITAB.
concatenate itab-gltrp+4(2) '/'
itab-gltrp+0(4)
into monthyear.
clear qty.
qty = qty + itab-gamng.
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13 ITAB-PLNBEZ,
23 ITAB-BISMT,
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